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