Moonshadow

Poem 10

 

Is it really that different from the sixties?

Are we really that different?

What do we want in this life?

 

There is always a lot:

to be thankful for or

to complain about

 

and in this country

if you’re white and privileged– to have.

 

Moon shadows follow us

reflections of who we could be

and can be

and wish to be.

 

Why are we here?

Is it to learn something?

Is it as random as leaves falling in the breeze?

Or is this time and place perfect for us?

 

As if a pandemic and a pathological liar president

ganging up on us isn’t enough…maybe there’s a lesson.

 

And if we learn it, maybe it won’t be so hard next time.

Or maybe just the opposite…it’ll be a real challenge.

 

None of us know for sure.

So what do we have?

Love and hope and a whole lot of nothing.