Wake Up From The Past

Ancestors, warriors

The roots run deep

Protesters, worriers

Time to think

But thick skin is meaningless if it leads to open wounds

If we don't act now, too late becomes too soon

Sure tolerance is necessary, but we're not here to win

Build a wall to knock it down the change comes from within

Copyright © Anthony J

2016

Author's Note

"My ancestors we're warriors, I'm a worrier" - this sentence was saved on my phone for quite some time and this piece has formed out of that. Current political events have managed to creep in a little