The Unjust Today

The Unjust Today

Shuffling in,

Darkly garbed,

Sternly faced,

Lastingly bought,

The last word in justice, they…

So it seems.

What mystic robes of office

Confer upon such as these,

Authority to thwart the will

Of merely millions?

Our numbers belie such sophistry.

Today the darkness descends, yes,

Do not let it obscure the days yet come,

The dawn breaks even through the clouds,

This is but the last of night,

The false deep dark absent even of moon,

But the dawn comes.

What falseness perpetrated

Can survive the fullness of the day coming?

These unjust installed

Make proclamation now, certainly,

Their own deeds shall soon undo them,

They live in the public eye,

And we see them too clearly now.

Now let your memory grow long,

Now keep the records close,

Now let your resolve

Become as stone beneath your feet,

An anchor of will and purpose,

Now fix your eye upon the goal:

This cruelty shall not be our end –

It shall be theirs.

We shall overcome.

Cliff Lake 6/30/2023

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