The Coup

Rip Van Winkle slept through the revolution

But I thought I was awake and aware

How easy to think it can’t happen here

How confident we are that love always wins in the end

That the rainbow arc of justice bends toward kindness

That the light of truth will illuminate all minds

That all souls yearn for wholeness and for peace

But sometimes evil takes control

And lies become truth and war is called peace

Parts of our nation immersed in Orwell’s 1984

Who will save us as the police stand down?

Whose side are they on?

What will the military do?

Does democracy still have enough friends

With enough power, enough will, to save it?

Do we?

Prayer is not enough

But it is all I can think to do

Just now.