Sunday, January 23, 2022

Broken Union

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY


Broken Union

 

The union is a bond of principle

An agreement beyond politics

An unspoken understanding that

In times of crisis and catastrophe

Natural disasters and wars

We will come together as one people

United in common purpose

It is a promise to defend each other

At all costs against all enemies

Foreign and domestic

 

The union is beyond words

It towers above written laws

It is more than blood relations

It is the circle of family ties

It carries the weight of love

 

Our founders made an agreement

A sacred promise before the eyes of god

Despite all of their differences

Despite envy and jealousies

Cast in iron and stone

That the union of a new nation

Would never have a king

Would never have an emperor

Would never be ruled by the power of one

 

The union was broken once

Over the abomination of slavery

Tens of thousands spilled their blood

On the grounds of civil war

Lincoln died for our sins

And we vowed never more

 

We are at those crossroads again

And the stakes are equally severe

If we break the union now

With democracy in the balance

We may never get it back again

Not in our lifetime

Not in the lifetimes of our children

 

If we break the union now

Our crimes will be remembered

Until the end of time

 

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