RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: THE INSURRECTION
Beyond Redemption
Again and again we are told
Not everyone who stormed the capitol
That fateful infamous day
Was guilty of insurrection
Guilty of racial bigotry
Guilty of violent extremism
Guilty of battering police officers
Guilty of murder in their hearts
Or guilty of murder in the flesh
Some were simply exercising
Their constitutional rights
To gather in public protest
To speak their points of view
To make their rightful demands
Some were peaceful
Some were not racist
Some were acting on conviction
Some believed the hype
Maybe …
Maybe some began that day
On the side of misinformed virtue
But if you were among them
When the racial epithets flew
When officers hit the ground
When the mob screamed for blood
When the gallows was erected
When the cry for vengeance grew
If you were there then
To witness what went down
And you did not turn around
Then you are as guilty as any thug
Guilty of crimes beyond forgiveness
Guilty beyond redemption
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