Simply waiting will not do at all.
When did simply waiting
accomplish anything at all?
Yogis pose in silent waiting,
fingers touching in connection.
While we who simply wait
have no connection at all,
and lose ourselves
in self-destruction when we fall
within the ring where the fight is set
by the one percent and big tech bros
placing their weight and cash
heavily upon our backs
until the fight is so unfair
we realize we have not a prayer.
Church pews sit empty.
The fight is on every screen.
We fail to realize we are in the ring.
We cannot simply watch the fight.
Simply waiting cannot make all right.
We will go down with the count
toppled by high winds, fire, and flood.
The severe cold will freeze life’s blood.
Recognize we are in the fight.
We have always been in, to our chagrin,
fighting for our very lives;
while being entertained to silence
and static acceptance of violence.
Simply waiting did not stop slavery,
Jim Crow, voter suppression, child abuse,
sexual harassment and women’s subjugation.
This has always been the fight of our nation.
This is not a new fight we watch as battles
in the ring to see which latest victim falls.
We cannot simply watch from the sidelines
because it is us inside the ring.
It is we who shall fall.
We the people shall participate.
We the people shall win or lose.
Do not sit in your corner.
Don’t throw in the towel.
Get up and fight. It is not too late.
Then get to the polls and vote to win.
All bets are on you. Gloves at the ready, and grin!
Then prepare for the backlash,
one worse than the one before.
Get in the fight again.Knock your opponent to the floor
with such a strong vote he cannot rise.
Put him down for the count forevermore.
Then raise your gloves high and stand tall.
Simply waiting will not do at all.
annarino writes 