What Will You Do
I will wear a mask
but not a blindfold
listen as the lies be told
while others have a line to hold
I will not succumb
to mindless mutterings
of inane conspiracies
always pointing .....elsewhere
I will stand
because I stood
before hate's onslaught
bore its tainted touch
I did not yield then
nor will I now
to appease the soft skinned
bullies of academia's alchemists
I am of simple birth
a wearied warrior
scarred by schoolyard tongues
molded by fear's response
I will not tolerate
the crushing of the dreams
of those not yet hardened
and shaped on life's anvil
John G. Lawless
8/26/2020
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