What happened?
It was going so well.
*****
Is it only life that taunts us
That emasculates us
That annihilates us?
Or is it them?
The other ones
The invasive ones
The heartless ones?
We’ve walked this way
We’ve seen this sight
Our voices hushed
Refusing the sight
For too many years.
*****
They promised us countless times
They held the thread where dangled joy
Then promised us peace
The dove on the wing
We closed our eyes
In grateful admonition.
*****
A future lay in the fog of time
Our future lay without compromise
We stood our ground
They said 'Defy'
We garnered time's elusive grasp.
A universe bespoke
We held it fierce
We made it ours
And brooked no tyrant's wrath
*****
Our fear dissolved
In tears that fell
In pools of steel
In streams of memory.
In furrows where
Our words took root
And then we bloomed.
About the Creator
Marie McGrath
Things that have saved me:
Animals
Music
Sense of Humor
Writing
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