Your voice is shaking
Quivering lips
In want to say something
But maintaining silence
You watch the show
As it unfolds
A story to gather
Enough info
To make decisions
Based on yourself
Not in line with beliefs
Held deep within your hearts.
Others opened their eyes
And spoke on behalf
And recognized the truth
When they told on themselves
Yet none reach out.
No one says a word
Or utters a sound
Just watching on the sidelines
On the bleachers
While traitors hide beneath
Throwing stones and
Hiding hands.
Who would stand for you
If you were me?
I’m an army of one
Against a battle on four fronts
Taking the blows
Turning my cheek to face one
To get bludgeoned by another
As I fight back
On my own
And stand up for myself.
An army of one, or so I thought
But a legion at my side
A Divine team I owe my life
And God taking the front
My ancestors at my back
Surrounded by angels and guides
With a butterfly resting upon my shoulder.
I stand up for truth
So what will you do?