Looking For Purple
How does one interpret,
Everyday moments
We all want clarity and forthrightness,
So why the discombobulated torment
Of words that distort the facts,
Untruthful twisted personal attacks
The world is a grand stage,
Where reputations can be made
Or lost,
By words tossed
Without validity,
Or connection to reality
Yet the guilty play the victim,
For others truth is the conviction
Or is incarceration their demand,
For the one in command
Tragically demeaning opinions,
Only further divisions
Where red and blue,
Have divergent views
About black and brown,
And the color of their town
Political power seeks to secede,
Caretaking what people and the environment need
For all that was inclusive,
Destruction is their motive
Targeting personal freedoms,
Empowered by hypocritical Christians
Exclusionary and perverse,
Because of a bible verse
Tolerance only for that which is white,
In America that’s not right
Change only happens if parties can agree,
I am wondering what our future will be.
Copyright © Christopher Rowland | Year Posted 2020
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