Being On The Left Or On the Right

Life is not about being on the left

Or being unintelligibly on the right

Bad people exist. A theft is a theft

That’s a crime. Good people are right

All the time. Integrity and sincerity

Matter. Respect and love matter

Common sense is the mother

Of our democratic values and decency

A lie has no wings; it won’t fly

A plane has no wings either, yet

A butterfly flies in the air like a jet

Many lies are for sale, but I won’t buy

None of them. Because I know better

I respect a man or a woman of honor

And I abhor liars, thieves and con artists

The world must denounce the racists

And the narcissists who are destroying

The beauty and the health of Mother Nature

The lives of our people matter. Their future

Depends on all of us who breathe, think and sing.

Copyright © December 2020, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved

Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.