What is now does not have to be.
Speaking up is an act of creation
in this a darkening and frightening nation.
Speaking out is creativity as life may be.
In this way we are always free
to see the world much differently
than when we are told to bend our knee.
It need never be what others see.
We can create our own reality.
The act of creation is the greatest act of love,
overcoming destruction from above.
Speaking out lifts not only voices;
but lifts unlimited possibilities and choices.
Those who try to close the gates
and scare us with threats of hate
to block us in and push us down
cannot handle creativity’s frown
upended when we discover
that we can create a world of lovers.
Speak up. Speak out. Speak so loud
creators join and form a crowd
that laughs in the face of hate and greed
and creates a new and loving creed.
Speaking out is an act of creation.
Speaking out will form a new nation
conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition
that no one can force us to take their position.
annarino writes 