Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust

There are no words

There are no colors

My page is blank

My canvas has no palette

When they go low,

we go high – Michelle said.

How? Please tell us how

to move forward, to ascend

Most hands are tied behind their back

Most lips are stitched and zipped

We feel shackles in our ankles

We see menacing noose close to our necks

What is this place

of disarray, divide, disunity?

Where is this era

of anger, restlessness, vanity?

Helpless we feel as citizens

Restless we feel as humans

Worthless we feel as men and women

Hopeless I feel as an American!

These are uncertain times

Of democracy diminished

Of truths alternative

Our liberties in ashes

Phoenix -

We are in desperation

as we hang in suspension

Anxiously, we await your resurrection!

Women's March Slogans - January 21st, 2017

Women’s rights is Human rights

Resistance is not futile

We are the resistance 

Keep your rosaries off my ovaries

I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change,

I’m changing the things I cannot accept.

Keep your laws off my body

Separation of church and State keeps the peace

My rights are not up for grabs

We grab back

If my Uterus fired bullets, the G.O.P. would fund it

Feminism is about mutual respect 

Men of Quality don’t fear Equality

Men of quality respect women’s Equality

Black lives matter

Climate change is real

Facts matter

Science is real

Immigrants make America Great

Hate won’t make America great

No Human is illegal 

Welcome home Syrian refugees

Compassion is not weakness

We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back

Have FUNdamental human rights

We’re not sore losers, we’re informed citizens

Water is Life, Gender is Fluid

Love is Love

Love is love. Cannot be killed or swept aside

This isn’t Anti-anything. This is PRO human rights 

When they go low, we go high

Be civil

Be kind

They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds

The universe is on the side of justice, if you’re not, step aside

Liberty and justice for ALL

United we stand, Divided we fall

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent

Silence helps the tormentor never the victim 

Strong women Know them, Be them, Raise them

Well behaved women seldom make history

Time for more women to be In Charge

Girl Power! 

This is what democracy looks like!

 

Between Us

As we sit on our daily couch

There is no space, only love

 

Between us.

Our hands reach across the empty seat

Our fingers mingle, weave as they meet

The empty space that sits alone

Was not always empty, as if a hole

                    Between us,

 

Our cherished children once squeezed the space

Huddled in a warm embrace

Cuddled and connected our warm bodies

Inserted their innocence as we sat cozy.

First one flew out from her nest

There was then our next best

Warm and fuzzy Jazz warmed the seat

Connected our every heart beat

And now that he is no more

All we have left is folklore

                  Between us

An empty seat no one to dote

Only the multitudes of TV remotes

Across the mountains of devices

I feel your breath and hear your heart pulsate.

Between us

there is no space, only love and heartbeat

as our hands reach across the empty seat.