Opinion & Commentary
Nov. 5 Election
What do you hope for in the Nov. 5 election? Who do you want to become the next president of the United States? Write about it. [Photo: "America" by EWN, YWP]
Opinion & Commentary
What do you hope for in the Nov. 5 election? Who do you want to become the next president of the United States? Write about it. [Photo: "America" by EWN, YWP]
this is not a poem.
this is not a song.
this is not metaphor, a sonnet, an ode, not a ballad, a rant, not even a dream–
this is a plea.
I've had the same dream
Again and again
Night after night
And I spend day after day
Thinking about what it means
I'm standing in front of that building
No.
I refuse to be afraid.
We are so caught in the coming climb
We forget to turn and see the cliffs we've scaled.
I am living in a country where a woman is bracing for a climb to greater heights
every day my friend asks me
how many days.
every day my answer shrinks
and we shudder
willing ourselves to believe in light and truth and good
but can't help whispering
I am nauseous, constantly.
There is a Fear deep rooted in me.
My hands no longer shake in tests
the Fear is bigger than tests now
I want to go to college, let me go
No one can predict
Our country's future
Various people watching and waiting
Eager and scared for the outcome
Today I am afraid
For today my life
Lies in the hands of people
Who see me as a monster
A destroyer