What makes some work essential
What is necessary for everyday life to continue
Taken for granted until the pandemic arrived
Must be recognized with honors going forward
People who should all be held in high esteem
Who can proudly say what they do is crucial
No matter that some are paid starvation wages
Our lives and our communities depend on them
Everyone who has a sense of community
Caring about the well being of their neighbors
Volunteering if they can to serve and to help
These are good people who give of themselves
We need to expand this sensibility of togetherness
To have empathy for our entire class broadly speaking
Those with jobs and those without including the homeless
Everyone from everywhere of every persuasion
The true revolutionary is guided by a feeling of great love
So said Che and this is the way to reach people
Touching them by listening and speaking from the heart
Valuing their contributions and their struggles
Status is a twisted thing hereabouts
Glorifying wealth got by grifters and tycoons
Who do nothing except bring harm to the rest of us
But we reserve our high praise for ordinary people
The many who face choices and do the right thing
Trying to be a good person considerate of others
Carrying a righteous anger over the injustices
Everyone in our class has witnessed and felt
