Just Thinking

Why is this a day like no other?

On this day we remember:

The destitute longing to act

Across the barrier of distance

And circumstance,

Vicarious horror

In the rippling of diabolical choices,

Confusion, anger, agony, and resolve,

Courage – desperately calm,

Quietly reckless courage,

And faith.

We expected transformation,

Renovation, revolution;

Our passions were manipulated,

The sacred truth was desecrated, 

Liberty was regulated.

For righteous vengeance

We were given guilt

Meant to mitigate a healthy hate.

We forget, 

We instant, just add water Christians,

That hidden roots grow deep

In leafless, fruitless winter, 

That metamorphosis means a cocoon,

And resurrection needs a tomb.

The darkness is upon us and we sleep

To rise at break of day

And wash away the iniquity

In hope and holiness, and love.