Our annual three day meditation
Driving the interstate highway south
Quietly watching the landscape pass
Letting the road take us there
Escaping from winter cold and dark
Heading to southwest Florida
We know the way to familiar stops
And the traffic is mostly uneventful
But every trip is different
Existing in a different context
We aren’t getting any younger
And the world doesn’t stand still
Quite obviously this year
Between the pandemic and politics
The deepening crisis of this system
Makes for a dangerous time
We take what precautions we can
To limit our exposure to the virus
While monitoring the attempted steal
Playing out in the election news
People not wearing masks indoors
So many at risk drinking the kool-aid
Believing whatever conspiracy he tweets
Followers moving towards fascism
This is a struggle to the death
For the government of white supremacy
Though the next office holder is not much better
None can deny the many millions who voted no to racism
There will be no great leap forward
Just a pause perhaps in the devolution
Unless those millions take matters into their own hands
To throw out every oppressor once and for all
