The fight for personal freedom, gain and choice.
Has been the death of US.
Not the Pro-Choice kind that’s been the previous fight.
But the “My Body, My Choice”, “do as we want” –
That has recently taken the limelight.
There has been a religious, social, and scientific/medical divide
When it comes to abortion.
But there should be no such confusion
When it comes to the wearing of a mask situation.
That strand has been purely political.
Lies about the virus, wearing of masks and other guidelines
Have brought America to the brink of sinking.
Giving in to selfishness and defiance, not reasonable thinking.
Now America is overwhelmed by hospitalizations and death.
A product of lies Americans were fed.
What we now see in our Country,
Is a combination of what people choose to believe
And who they chose to lead.
How their leaders led.
What they did and said.
The feedback loop from voters to them.
And the cycle repeating itself.
Under normal circumstances, America will strive.
But when the bases are lies.
Nothing good will grow.
Because there is toxicity with what was sown.
Americans have been misled
By a lie which rings as true in many Americans’ heads.
Allow those at the top to get wealth and prosper.
And they will have it trickle down to others.
That has been the Republicans’ truth.
That they continually use to loot the middle-class and poor.
And allow for themselves and their donors to get more.
The recent big lie has been that Trump won the 2020 Election.
That is what led to the insurrection.
Protests of election fraud
But only in places that Trump lost.
And usually those places are where many Non-Whites live.
Blatantly trying to delegitimize their votes.
And only count the ones that are of worth, to him.
The ones that would lead to his win.
And if that were the case, mostly the votes of Whites will be counted.
Which leads to the underlying lie that America has struggled with.
And many still resist to accept.
That much of America think and act
As if the lives of Non-Whites are worth less.
That even with what’s shown throughout history
And despite so much evidence –
That such strain of thought is embedded in America’s systems.
That there is unfairness and inequality – even brought to light by Covid.
Injustice in the justice system and by law enforcement.
On full display on the National stage –
How the system engaged
With those who protest versus those who riot.
Guilty without trial as the other side walks away quiet.
Trump aiming at one side with threats to shoot.
To the other side – “you are very special” and “we love you”.
And Trump spending his last hours
Flexing the muscles of his pardon power.
Showing mercy to crooks who could pay.
Inequality and injustice, Trump’s order of the day.
Yes, with these truths there have been compounded lies.
Because people continue to deny that the lies exist.
And without admit, there will be continued dismiss.
Giving a permit for the lies to persist.
Even as the lies are being denied
Their effects have continued to grow.
Their toxicity to our Society has continued to show.
Lies about the virus, didn’t keep the virus at bay.
The same is true in our Society when it comes to the economy and race.
The failure to face those truths.
Will be the death of US too.