A Community No Longer

A Reflection

Photo by Nina Strehl on Unsplash

The national election is over
But the struggle at the local level persists
The anger is so pervasive
That you can almost touch it
It pollutes the very air we breathe
Suffocating in its heaviness
Threatening to overwhelm all reason
Even I am shaken from my usual optimism
That eventually fairness and understanding
Will prevail
No Disney happy ending is in sight