WAKING UP

Out the open, screened window
I take a quick look at nature
As usual it does not disappoint
I look at the shrubs and am happy
The deer have left them alone
The repellant I used is working
I suddenly think of the virus
I am set back into some depression
We did not need this now or ever
Condition and situations had improved
Beyond all expectations and then
We were brought to our knees
We were also plagued with disinformation
Which was confusing and contradictory
 
Then a vengeful murder by a policeman
An excuse to break out of confinement
And begin protests across the country
They became violent as evil, paid,
Dark militias entered into the fray and
Provided tools for destruction and fire
Bricks were provided for breaking windows
And looting was encouraged and cheered
Cities wished to de-fund the police and
Little regard was given to the effects of
The virus which was no longer a topic
In the various forms of media
Curfews were established but with
Encouragement were ignored and anarchy won
 
With no police able to act chaos prevailed
People in the way were injured and many
Died in the very neighborhoods that were
Being destroyed; their trauma was over;
Their loved ones were left with the bodies
Looters forgot that these were their stores
The places that they did their shopping
Little ladies cried because they had no
More grocery stores to go for food and
Other essentials necessary for living
The murder was horrible but did not
Justify the hysteria and protests
Something bigger was being encouraged
I fear the breakdown of a nation
 
Stanski on June 26, 2020 ^