tell us again
the stories
of
how true love
endures all
how
dreams
often
come true
how
logic and truth
can
overcome evil
and
corruption
oh
and
don’t forget
the one
of
how there’s
some good
in
everyone
and
i do love
the
justice for all
mythology
those stories
make
my blood
run
cold
these
dark
scalding
puerto rican nights
unable to breath
each day we’re suffocating
hate and fear’s wildfires
ravage our humanity
a burnt out shell-nation’s left
of little concern
infant mortality or
one more mother’s death
though you may believe
that life ends with the last breath
i can assure you
that it can end before that
that time when all hope is lost
let’s not talk right now
about gun control since we’re
hoping you’ll forget
Public Domain Image: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld: Fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah
nation like lot’s wife
looks back instead of ahead
with the same results
a child
dies
in the streets
of san juan
a father
buries
an only son
flag draped
for
corporate profits
a woman’s
condemned
to death
by policies
born
of blind fear
men
are assassinated
by
those
sworn
to protect
and
children
seeking only
a better life
are torn
from freedom’s womb
by
broken promises
so
when
we forget
we
cannot become
great
again
when we abandon
what
made us
great
in the beginning
our
humanity
