Tenderized Fear

It’s not that I am not afraid, It’s just that I am not scared We shall not overcome… For the liberated sufferer Knows that God defeats all evil: Consummating victory… And the only thing to be Afraid of is that it may not be Realized that there is no victory Independent of faithful battle… I’m not afraid, just scared That some may forget that we are Children of the Exodus… Surviving heirs of those Ancestors Who were welled acquainted With suffering pandemonium And that this present pandemic scare Will be overcome… And we can get back to the struggle Against injustice promoting distancing Social and economic inequalities Spanning our ethnic and gender categories...