We’ll try to remember their names…
Those about to start dying.
We’ll endeavor to douse the flames…
With the sweat & tears flying.
Clock set gainst the hour of death…
Well aware of what time is left.
Tick in time along with my breath…
Ticks & breaths leave me bereft.
Absent all that would heal a break…
Dressed in the night’s vacancy.
Engulfed by night & quick to quake…
Absent light our vagrancy.
Unknown folks fall across the globe…
Safety nets blink out at once.
Kids orphaned by a xenophobe…
Far-Right, Wing-nut Christian cunts.
We fight back, get loud & get past…
These draconian attacks.
We march, we vote & we change…
While watching each other’s backs.