It is what it is.

 

A heart is broken by deceit and slander.
An aged crone curls up and dies.
A bouncing babe is born,
Mourning and celebration.
It is what it is.

A president decides to take another country,
declaring himself to be the new ruler.
He kidnapped and jailed the previous.
Next, he'll invade another. No one will stop him.
It is what it is.

A gang of rich men collect and defile little kids
for sport and to sate appetite for cruelty.
A president, also credibly accused.
has evidence erased to spare the men.
It is what it is.

In American cities, ICE demons
crush, kill and destroy with impunity.
The regime covers and abets their crimes.
The people rage, but still they continue.
It is what it is.

Prices are too steep to conquer.
People are going without.
Government removes care,
Thousands die premature deaths.
It is what it is.

Spring is coming,
birds will return, trees will unfurl leaves,
green will come again.
Hope will rise despite horrors.
It is what it is.

Is it really what it is
or
is it just an illusion?

It is what it is, until it isn't.
Resist until sanity prevails.



©Ellen Pepper 2026
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