Making A Stand

I’m done

Making a Stand

I’ve done all I can

And now it’s time to move on

I think my Stand

Is the right place to Stand

Yet many Stand

In a different place from me

I’ve spoken my peace

Or have I given a piece of my mind

It doesn’t matter now

Because each one of us knows better

As we all Stand

In different places from me

Experts have spoken

Yet now everyone’s an expert

And what makes an expert

Has become anyone’s guess

Expert because we believe

In the expert’s expertise

Or expert because we believe

In the expert’s belief in our Stand

Politicians speak

With knowledge in hand

Knowledge that may

Or may not

Be the best place to Stand

Battle lines are drawn

Either you’re with us

Or you’re against us

There isn’t any in between

Killing ourselves

From within

Believing in One

To the detriment of All

I know where I Stand

Flawed as it may be

Influenced by flawed people

Flawed experts

Flawed news

Flawed politicians

Flawed religions

Flawed everything

But I know many

Who Stand with me

As this is survival

And who will be

The last to Stand

Don’t judge me

For where I Stand

I believe in where I Stand

And I will listen

As you describe your Stand

And we will go further

If we both can understand

But strike me down

Because of where I Stand

I will still turn the other cheek

But my patience is running thin

As I am bruised and bloodied

And now turning my back more

On where you Stand

I need to survive

As do we all

Together

Or apart

We all have to choose

And whatever the choice

It’s inevitable

That no matter what

Without deviation

Unless by some miraculous quantum of grace

That we soon will see

Who

Is

The

Last

Making

A

Stand