Poetic License

Serenity 

I am the courage 

To change the world, 

To turn back the tide 

That runs red, dead

As Jim Jones’ Kool-Aid,

Through the land. 

I am the wisdom 

That discerns the truth,

When lies are all they have,

Painted in their corner

Stamping their feet,

Desperate children. 

I am the serenity 

That cares for the broken,

That silences the bully

By a simple act of 

Radical citizenship, I 

Cry, “Yo Voté!”