What they see

The children

By Gregory AndersonPublished 10 months ago • 1 min read

Sworn to uphold

How did you get so low

With sirens blaring

As the faces are staring

A young man just trying to be

What did they see

Our world teeters swayed by might

We’ve lost the truth of wrong and right

The youth are watching you and me

What lessons shall we make sure they see

In our history justice once hung from a tree

Try to erase from history this indelible stain

Weakest of minds only want to assess blame

Without knowledge history repeats again and again

Fragile minds just wanting to be

What shall they see

Justice falters as the hunter takes aim

Political projectiles take aim at the body time and again

When the populous cares less about what’s right and only who wins

How do we find the middle ground and where do we begin

Neighbor to neighbor and friend to friend if we stand together our adversaries can not win

Let’s turn the tide is how we must begin

As a nation this how we must be

Let us let us guard what they see

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About the Creator

Gregory Anderson

I am a writer and filmmaker director & author. Writing has always been a passion for me. I wrote and directed a play called “The Rosary” which traveled around for a few years. My book “Poetic steps in time and season” is available online

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