Wednesday, November 2, 2022

QUARANTINE LIFE: TUESDAY THOUGHTS



With every tragedy, you preach, “Stop the violence!”

But yesterday, warnings were far between, and few

What can you say to prick their hearts, and end the nonsense?

Everything they hold dear, stems from watching you.


You’re  safe now; away from your beginnings

No longer moving in the circles you once knew

You left a script that taught them losing equals winning

Today, they glorify the stuff you used to do

 

They adopted every mediocre action

They embraced your style, your speech, your values, too

Who they are, is a result of your example

You bear responsibility for what they do


Grace allowed you to grow old; do you see now

How history informs and shapes our awful state?

We celebrate, and emulate what once would shame us

With each young life lost, we wonder if it’s too late

To be the proud, whose ancestors survived the waters

Unafraid to teach, to guide, correct, and lead

Snatch from the jaws of death our precious sons and daughters

Be the examples they so desperately need.





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