I never knew I cared about politics
Until a madman was elected
I never knew I was an activist
Until a black man was murdered
I never knew I was a Patriot
Until traitors attacked the Capitol

I never thought about immigration
Until I saw children in cages
I never thought about war
Until I heard of bounties on our troops
I never spoke about protests
Until I saw mothers gassed

I never knew about voter suppression
Until my rights were threatened
I never knew about government policies
Until they started destroying them
I never knew what the flag stood for
Until one man knelt before it

Things I learned as a child by rot
The pledge, the preamble, the anthem
Have taken on new meanings for me
Now the flow through every fiber of my body
Each word resonates filled with meaning
And fills me with renewed fervor

Today my country is threatened
Not by foreign enemies or threats
But domestic and homegrown terrorists
Radicalized by one man’s greed for power
And today I realize what was always inside
I’m a patriot through and through

#Resist!

Muriel Vieux
January 14th, 2021

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