11/06/2024
Imagine a country burdened
by noise, by clouds of darkness,
constant, the poise
of faux freedom—
you fight to keep your voice,
your choices,
where your vote is a privilege,
a prayer, a plea—
for leaders that lack honor,
truth, who play games with thee,
all because you they don’t truly see.
seeking to cast a choice with hearts
that have endured,
entirely too much, but our faith is sure.
living in a so-called democracy said
to have stood for love,
for the people, no longer firm,
the motto, “in God we trust.”
if we really did, we’d serve the least,
not lead by lust for leadership,
campaigning for power,
we’d push for peace,
we’d clean these streets,
keep them from being covered with sheets—
the same ones on the homeless we sleep,
on our own we sleep,
just to save face overseas
in other businesses
we weep
we claim as empathy
in this war of greed.
one can only hope
when we vote
we’ll finally see a house
not driven by power,
fame, or greed,
but led by one who is for God,
’cause if you truly are,
that means you are for me.
not doing it for selfish needs,
not turned on by power, fame, or greed,
not led by a ladder or political dream,
or a sickle, till your political scheme.
hope one day I’ll check a box
that will check for me,
doesn’t make me think
their checks are for free,
where faith in my country
isn’t just valid in dream,
and policies outlined
don’t make me suck my teeth—
which you better not do in the third
grade with Mrs. Reeves,
because she was from Texas,
and though I drew on the board for her,
I put up them walls—
that’s what you do when you fear, apparently.
those we elect,
they don’t look like you and me—
they look like what they think
you and I wish to see.
a season of treacherous deeds,
is all that we do—
ads and rallies to manipulate,
I mean sway you and me,
away from the truth
of the matter, we should want
God’s light shown in every home—
a vote of faith, steps toward
trust in those who call home
buildings with domes.
hoping in them that good will rise
as hearts break like chains
that continue to pry
at this nation, where its inhabitants
are not its allies.
hoping in them that God will rise
as hearts break like chains
that continue to pry
as if we’re spiritually tied
to the time where the children of Israel died,
trying not to go back, but each time we try, they try to remind—
but Satan, get thee hence, ‘cause you are a lie!
Jehovah Jireh, our God will provide—
so as long as you are alive,
please get up, get out,
go and speak your whole mind,
‘cause I imagine if you are like me,
you too are tired of being tried.