We are not a country united,
We are a people divided.
The hope in something better is hiding
behind screens and politician’s pockets.
Every bill becomes a weapon
while bullets fly freely among children.
Aisles get crossed only to cross each other.
God is red lined from our schools and pledges
Unborn babies given to a choice
Gender, what is that? never had a voice.
Dinner tables turn to wastelands and storage space,
No jobs for food; emptying bellies next door
viral videos infect our minds
viral loads take down our bodies.
Neighbors become enemies piercing
surface tension with loyal affiliation
Pledging allegiance to tattered flags
as others kneel, for a point.
Trying to prove God is wrong
and most likely dead.
Our hope stripped from the ballot
forcing us to choose between
dying or self-obsession.
This is America: Land of the free.
Home of the brave.
It’s unity we crave
and still...
we are not a country united,
we are a people divided.
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What then? Shall we rise?
Beware of our demise?
Yes! We must keep watch:
Not on a party,
Not on a decision,
Not on a group,
Not on a bill,
Not on a vote,
Not on a sign,
Or a flag,
Or a freedom,
Or a mask,
Or a cure,
Or....
anything that cannot save our souls.
Only One has the power to unite,
and He already paid the price.
It’s our turn to act,
fix our eyes
on the author and perfecter
of our states
so that we may be
A country united,
And people excited
about the future once again.
By
October 20, 2020