A poem, the first of my pandemic poems……It’s not exactly cheery!
I watched the water drip today
One drop. One drop at a time.
Drip. Drip. Drip from segment to segment
down the chain.
One drop at a time.
And I thought to myself,
Is this what life is like?
Is this a metaphor for our nation?
One drop at a time….
Like every loss for workers
Like every gain for the corrupt
Like every law that favors the powerful.
For the water collects in a pool.
That pool gets deeper and deeper.
Until the dream drowns
The dream drowns. One drop at a time.