January 6th, 2021
thousands, upon thousands storm our Nation’s Capitol
face paint, horns, Trump flags, and MAGA merchandise
doom, damn, and torch
America
for those that freely voted
long lines, masked
death and dying
their loved ones in hospitals
nurses, doctors, essential workers and our police
all races, colors, and creeds
scream in sacrificial love
as the mask-less, Proud
storm for their king;
“Patriots,” he knighted
while
the King of all
whipped stripes of leatherbound, rock, metal, and glass
violence ripped in rage, gouging back, flesh, deep
Blood screaming to the Father
as they spit with vomit spew,
“CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM!!”
my wife is wailing on the couch beside me,
“NO, NO, they can’t be doing this!”
and as a plexiglass shield and wood shaft
breaches
what fools like me and you
call, “Freedom”
a Jesus banner sags and flops on the Capitol wall
gasping for breath,
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
s.mitchell
Rust Never Sleeps 