Afraid to Stand

We stand here

We talk, we chat

We gossip and we converse

Yet we stand here.

We see the past

We understand our present

We know the potential future roads

Yet we stand still.

We know that our future is at stake

Our freedoms hang in a balance

As chaos becomes a tug a war

However we stand silent.

We complain, we vent

About the complications of our current state

Yet we don’t move,

We stand frozen.

We pretend its okay

We pretend things will work out

We hope for the best,

Yet in fear we struggle to stand.

We fear the world

We fear offending others

We fear to breath, to walk, to speak

We sit down to watch.

We watch our country

We watch our freedoms

We watch the changes

And we choose to do nothing.

© 07/27/2020 Emma J. Willden