Strike your mark now.

Raise your voice

to the consciousness of our time.

Democracy is perishable,

true freedom is fleeting,

like a wisp upon the wind.

It is precious, divine,

yet taken unthinking,

by we who have it.

The hungry despots

are lurking at the edges

waiting to make us perishable.

February 18, 2020 – April 5, 2023