H hope you will read and even pass on my latest poem - Susan Meehan

A WISH FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE DREAM THAT IS AMERICA 

Tomorrow, I will stand in quiet stillness

in this beloved land, holding the hands

of those I love. Then we will walk together,

slipping into a swelling multitude of marchers.

Our gathering will signal the start

of what must happen here

if this sacred place is to be remembered

for the glory in what it has asked of those

who sought its freedom

rather than be forgotten for what it has recklessly abandoned.

It is time for public honor to be restored

lest we forget forever the notion of America.

I am no longer willing to be frightened or deceived.

I am done with edging around dread-blackened borders

and circling in tired silence past gated lies.

I want no more seized sacrifice of precious lives

I ask that civic dignity

be entrusted to our citizens

who lay their dreams on hallowed ground,

brilliant dreams wrapped in truth and tied

tightly by persistent, wise fingers.

Our passion must be answered with respect and action.

If it is paid no heed, I dread the consequence

Let us begin with honest words and righteous deeds.

Our Words of State must ring with truth,

honesty must be inked onto our documents,

justice must be written large, and mercy not forgotten.

If we allow trust to binds us once again,

If we finally understand the importance of, the wisdom in

of out of many one,

we will have grand reason to celebrate

a new Day of Interdependence.

I am uncertain that we are ready to undertake this needed salvage

But I am certain that we must if America is to be remembered as a

Place that turned an overarching dream into a vivid, if imperfect reality

    ~  By Susan Meehan (MmeMagpie), WashingtonDC , December 21, 2011