We Wait

Waiting on the precipice

For a new president

Notice new

We can't continue

One state would do

Agony and terror

That one man's cruelty and divisiveness

Will continue

And trickle

Down

Down

Down

For four more years

Effective

Unlike that economic theory

Dripping hatred and racism

Sexism and harassment

Into the minds

Of worshipping souls

Who see a Savior amid the muck

A swamp monster who would

Pull. The. Plug.

And drain the swamp

They can't see

Beyond

Their own

Rural places, smiling faces

The hurt goes unseen

Those in need unnoticed

Protect what is mine

Mine!

My guns

My land

My money

No understanding

Of billions

Of brackets

Of the brokenness their votes perpetuate

Empathy grows in cities

Under bridges

In apartment complexes

On the streets

They're different from me

That's scary

But maybe

Not as different as I thought

Like the Grinch coming down from the mountain

Into the village

Outside his bubble

Ignorance and racism beaten by proximity

Hearts growing

But.

We are HERE tonight.

In a world plagued by sickness

Not just the virus

Stuck under leadership

Who perpetuate the silence

It's all okay

There's no brutality

We don't see color

Masks are a choice

I'm angry

And scared

And waiting