What About Us?
Written for the "Lost-ish" Challenge
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I am longing for the days of the past
Where the love shared between two people, regardless of sex
Was accepted and celebrated.
Where women had rights to govern their own bodies as they saw fit
Where immigrants had a chance at a better life.
Then on one night in November
It all changed.
An evil, conniving, ignorant racist
Was elevated to the position of king.
We were lost.
Lost in a nation that does not accept us,
And wants to erase us from existence.
Women. Black people. Brown people. Gay people. Trans people. Immigrants. Disabled people. Poor people.
All of the sudden, we were all lost.
Lost to the rights once extended to all people,
The system now favors white, straight, wealthy “Christian” men.
What about us?
The land of the free has become the land of the oppressed.
The land of opportunity became the land where money rules-if you have it.
The land of the American Dream is now the land of unreachable dreams.
We have the obligation, as story tellers
To write about this regime.
To write about injustice.
To document history as it unfolds.
We cannot, and I will not stay silent.
My sincere hope is that the lost become found again.
Until then-
What about us?
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J. Delaney-Howe
Bipolar poet. Father. Grandfather. Husband. Gay man. I write poetry, prose, some fiction and a good bit about family. Thank you for stopping by.
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