Heart-Wrenching

How much more of this can we take?

How can people stand idly by

While major atrocities are being

Committed and STILL turn a blind eye?

 

Parents are still being separated

From their children at our border.

The Trump administration is

Ruthlessly carrying out the order.

 

We hear the children cry for their mami,

Cry for their papi, and what do we do?

We put them in cages and tents, heedless

Of all of the pain they are going through.

 

Secretary Nielsen has tried

To justify the hard-line position,

Blaming the victims and giving excuses

As to the importance of the mission.

 

White nationalist Stephen

Miller must be jumping for joy

As he achieves his goal: provoking

Anybody he can annoy.

 

AG Sessions cites the Bible

To find support for his devilish deeds.

At the same time, authorities

Are confiscating rosary beads.

 

John Kelly is all for it.

He thinks being cruel is fine

When you badly need a deterrent

To keep people from crossing the line.

 

Spineless Republican members of Congress

Worry about offending Trump's base.

Dragging their feet on the issue, they

Don't care if they're a disgrace.

 

Meanwhile, the suffering

Continues. Children--traumatized--

Are innocent victims. This is what happens

When human rights are compromised.

 

-by Bob B (6-19-18)