A Country Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Thunderbolts split the stormy air. The campaign for president heats up. Insults and curses, accusations and lies, Hate and confusion, poisoned barbs Aimed at and finding a mark, Only to be retipped and redirected Toward the original sender. Racism, carefully disguised As safety precautions. For whom? Religious intolerance in the guise Again, of our country’s safety, Deliberately misinterpreting the facts. Religious zealots posing as victims So they can self-righteously Deny others their religious freedom. Party set against party, Candidate against candidate, And people more and more divided. Whose rights are right, whose are not? What are rights and what are not? Deceits and insults the game of the day. Who can prove the other to have The most fatally flawed character. Gone civility - plain and obvious facts Hidden in a manure pile of lies Poisoning the air, poisoning the minds Of those who listen but do not hear, Of those who see not what is the truth, But only what they choose to see. Following the Pied Piper to …….? *Abraham Lincoln quote