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
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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Fish Face
Is it safe? Is it safe? It must be safe. I don’t hear any fishing lures plunking into the water or boats with trolling motors plying the surface of my lake. Yes, I said my lake, even though these air-breathing humans treat it and those of us living in its water as theirs. I have been battling with one of them for almost ten years. He started this war, but he’ll never win.
By Mark Gagnon5 days ago in Fiction
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Great poem!