A Change Will Come

 

Too many broken people
marching grim-faced
in lockstep
"gotta get this
gotta be there
gotta have some
gotta take care."

Meanwhile...
The money has dried up for the Gotta Haves.
And the Already Have Too Muchs get more and more.

Everything is being broken:
the economy,
world peace,
the White House itself,
trust in institutions,
faith that others are decent people.

Crazy, angry, hate-filled  people rule the US.
Excess cruelty is the point of their existence.
Children go hungry
while the rich grow fat with excess.

How much longer can this go on before
the pendulum begins to swing back to a saner time?
How many more will die while waiting?
It will take years to rebuild after this chaos.

One thing is certain,
every time fascists come to power
they ruin what was once stable.
They run rampant over sensibilities
and crush the best spirits into dust.

In the end, they hang naked and gutted
in public view 
to serve as  a lesson 
that this insanity must never 
 survive and thrive again.

In the end, Spring will come.
Optimism will rise.
Sanity and goodwill will flourish.
Harken to the birds and flowers, 
harbingers of hope.


©Ellen Pepper 2025

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