Tuesday
Tuesday
So much hate in just one presidency
So much division in less than four years
How can just one man be the reason for
the riots, shootings, and xenophobe fears
What kind of leader is teaching our kids
What kind of man shuts the refugees out
What kind of country does he want to have
and why must he tweet, and why must he shout
For 200 years, our nation is strong
The freedom to speak, the freedom to hear
Even those guilty of treacherous crimes
are innocent till, a jury of peers
An aisle between two methods of thought
A balance between what is best, for most!
A handshake between, when compromise aught
We stand to unite, then pray for our ghost’s
Who fought on the fields for freedom before
Still standing, frontlines, right hand on the heart
and yet, we forget the reasons behind,
our purpose to fight in worlds apart
The causes we stand have not come to pass
But now are at home to tear down the rich
To take away God like snakes in the grass
Encourage the youth with Trojan-horse pitch
A third party rose in 'righteousness' guise
"'Come!' and out came another horse, bright red"
Behold, a great sword so sharp, it deceives
We can't save them all, yet heal whom has bled
Our left and our right may stand in this reign
Together in mud, yet never in vain
Together, we stand; Together, we surge
"America: The last, best hope of Earth"
©2018 Jeffrey Spencer
Copyright © Jeffrey Spencer | Year Posted 2018
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