Setting Milestones (June 8, 2016)

This morning

I awoken

To history

Having been made.

South

Of the border.

Third time

In fifty-six years

The Democratic Party

Have nominated  

Candidates.

Who have shattered

Political barriers

Once thought

Unreachable.

In 1960

It began

With John F. Kennedy

The elected Catholic

As US President.

Previously

All American Presidents

Have been

White Protestants.

Once more

The political landscape

Has changed.

In 2008 nomination

And election

Of Barrack Obama

As US President.

Who had

The audacity 

To dare dream.

For the first time

Never seen before

By Afro-Americans.

As Obama's
Second term ends

America's political landscape

Is more divided

Now.

Then

Before.

Evident

In the Republican Party

Nominating Donald Trump

As their Presidential candidate.

While

For the third time

The Democrats

Have made history.

In selecting

Hillary Rodman-Clinton

As the first female

Presidential candidate.

Whether or not

She follows

In the footsteps

Of Kennedy and Obama

Will be answered

This November.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: Sorry, for the long delay, in posting this, but, have been dealing with a nasal bug, which has left me, with little energy, for writing or wanting to be around people.