Standing Up Poem by Susan Lacovara

I see no reason for the ranting and raving
Of people pretending they are saving
The world from some rising revolution
When their weapons of choice
Are prejudicial posturing
Professed indifference to empathy
Their rally cry of superiority
Sits not well with those of kind hearts
Cowardly carrying the flags of failed hatred
Disguised in disgusting intolerance
And ushered along by those
Who are comfortably compliant

I see no necessary return
To the evil minded madness
That festers and looks to formulate fear
Walls serve less than bridges
At least crossing a bridge carries one
To another place
Often a better place
Walls contructed to keep out
Or keep in an untruth
With the sledhehammers of striking back
Against the false foundation
Of my America
I stand with those that believe
We are one race of humanity
One clustured consciousness
Of completing a better tomorrow