The brightness will fade
And we will bemoan
The loss and then adjust
To a gray world
The song will be silenced
And we will wail
Longing for the music
Until we forget its sound
Women will be pushed aside
Sent back in time
And we will grieve their loss
Actionless
Until the day comes
When we are are cast out
For the religion of men
And we have lost the voices
To withhold consent
We turn away
From discomfort
Deny reality for big money
Sell our souls
For narcissism
And birth a new nation
From the darkness
Of moral bankruptcy
It is time to awaken
Time to hold fast
It is the time
To look at the truth
Head on – Caroline A. Slee