A Mid-April Thought (April 15, 2019)

Before your eyes

Is this antithesis poem

To the current political message

Of hate.

One’s love hope

And compassion

Aren’t held hostage

In a sea of anger.

Today

Unlike yesterday

You shall be

Held accountable

For lives lost.

And I don’t mean

Capital punishment

For those

Criminally guilty.

Already

Too many deaths

And martyrs

As is.

Rather

Rebuilding bridges

For lives damaged

And families destroyed

By your rages.

One person

At a time.

Uniting a nation

As one

Under the rule

Of law.

And not

Some arbitrary whim

Based on pseudo science

Or ignorance.

But truth honour

And acceptance.

These differences

Aren’t a weakness

Meant to be exploited.

But

An internal strength

To be celebrated

And cherished.

As part

Of the human existence

In daily life.

Therisa © 2019