But Stand I Will
My granddaughters deserve more,more than their world regressing
into demands for silence,
calls to shackle them
to home, to strip away
their right for “more”-
dismissing their minds
to use their bodies.
My grandsons deserve more,
more than a war erupting
into demands for soldiers,
calls to force them
into mandatory service,
to strip away their choice -
dismissing their minds
to use their bodies.
I deserve more, more than
this chaos born from greed,
from religion used
as excuse to control us,
to limit our choices,
filter our information,
submission the aim-
to dismiss our voices,
to kill our bodies.
My grandchildren deserve more, much more.
I cannot stand for long,
my body old and worn,
but stand I will, for mine
and yours.
I stand for them.
Poetry by Melinda K Zarate
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Written on 2026-05-04 at 23:32
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