for aja and jesy

 

 




engage!

 

 

stardate, june, 2015

kirk gives the command, engage!

 

~

 

and history enters warp drive

we're seeing it happen 

not just before out eyes

but at light speed, history

is happening, it's a done-deal

 

yes, there will be steps backward

and there will be those

that will kick and scream all the while

 

it won't matter, it's irreversible

and those on the wrong side of it

will be, as reagan said, on the ash heap of history

 

flags are coming down, it is happening

my dearest friend is getting married to the love of her life

to her beauiful jessi, it is happening

 

stop it? how? it cannot be stopped, it is happening

and it is happening faster

than any social or civil rights movement

has ever happenened, and why?

social media has drown out the voices from the back bench

oh yeah, there will be steps backward

but there is no going back 

not for you or me or them or us, no going back

there is no going back

 

~

 

mr sulu says, it's about time

it is about time

spock nods, it is only logical

 





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Written on 2015-06-25 at 06:21

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Yes it cannot be stopped. Reason must win out. Congratulations to your friend. We must drag those who wish to remain in previous centuries through your warp drive so that they can finally understand what equality means. I love this poem because it is daring, relevant and so so clever :)
2015-06-27


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
This is an unusual poem from you. Not only is it politically engaged, it is dynamic. It really moves along. I hope that your analysis is correct, but I'm not convinced. Too many Dylan Roofs and Islamic State zombies running around.
2015-06-25



It is amazing, isn't it? Your friends are getting married ... gay, lesbians, I imagine? Such a step forward!!

And the confederate flag is actually coming down. History seems to not move at all for so long, or even move backwards sometimes, but once in a while it takes a wild leap. It's good to see.
The attitudes of people will take much longer, as the civil war proves, and the efforts made by Martin Luther King Jr. Legislature changes, but it takes much longer for people's minds. However, a new generation is coming all the time and each one (except for a few, of course) becomes just a little more enlightened.

But, yes! There is reason for rejoicing and for believing that once in a while the politicians do the right thing ... granted under pressure. It's a WIN for the people! Thanks.
2015-06-25