America Bleeding

Democracy’s demons,

they follow and stalk

for every freedom

they strike like a hawk

The cost of liberty

its downside abides

to follow intrepid

with vengeance as guide

All men here are equal

to right and then wrong

pursuing their happiness

the short and the long

Hoping the majority

will rule most benign

many to suffer

from licensed decline

Nobility’s tenure

its reign has been long

but treachery threatens

the best of our song

Tomorrow in focus

the few and the brave

must suffer the arrows

that seek to enslave

And onward we struggle

to save what we can

as menacing trouble

within starts again

This fight more than worth it

the day is now late

America bleeding

—our future at stake

(The New Room: May, 2022)