In Perpetuity
Offensively defensive posturing
No stopping in sight
No reflection in view
Poisonous to everyone around you
Syphoning greed at record speed
Unchecked unseen
Hollowing the land
Blindly defending your position
Against any raised hand
Any voice of reason
How did we even get here?
We’d have to go back
160 years or so
To explain what should have been buried
A hatred left to fester
A war lost but never truly ended
We rebel against suppression
Understandably so
Sometimes history demands it
An opportunity was missed
The undercurrent of hate
Bubbled up unchecked
A backlash exacted
160 years in the making
A theft imagined
A grievance never real
Where ignorance never left
A way of life
Thought to be put to rest
Was allowed to linger
Civilly unbalanced
Cutting down and
Cutting short lives
The symbolism
The sentiment
Front and center once again
Stirring old fears
Handed down like inheritance
Times change
Some things stay the same
Worse than the hate
Is the silent acceptance
Silence is a choice
One we can break
Copyright © Christopher Delegans | Year Posted 2025
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