The Question

 The Question …

… with no answer won’t know … when or where one life ends and another starts to grow … and who decides but on her own … if not a slave then to whom is freedom shown

is there a light from the tunnel moon • to disregard is to undecide too soon

when opinion becomes someone else’s right … never been in a hurry to get to say good night … none hear the whispers in plea with no voice … subjected blindly to an interstate highway choice … in the backseat of a moving federal blame … no extra credit given to day care shame

even now no one gives her room • to disregard is to undecide too soon

there is fear and there is concern … but refused a pick until it’s time to take your burn … if given a choice then it’s taken away … how fast will you be able to pray

need not hurry … who came from you will never have to worry … with the guidance of those who enforce the will … look past those who served you swinging on coat hangar hill

when the gavel swings to the crowd … the silent and the moral will pay someone to glee proud … letting someone’s conscience go too late … to watch  the fighting opioids take on husker homeless state

when a prayer turns into a platoon • to disregard is to undecide too soon

do I understand … or do I lend the astray a sterile helping hand … do I want the health and the healthy unite … do I want to do what’s good and also do what’s right

do I want the protection others say I need … from what scares them no matter who has to bleed … happy birthday to the summer in black … the heart that’s pumping now won’t save those in moral arrest attack

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say good night, Gracie