Borders of Tomorrow - Patrice Warrender

[Larry Robinson]

Borders of Tomorrow

It happens when grim and serious
men answer all questions with a flag 
and dismiss talk of civil rights with
scribble of a pen.

It happens if the knees of democracy 
buckle and dark money decides  
who walks the long road home and 
who gets a chauffeured ride.

It happens when the doors of freedom 
slam shut on desperate, broken hands
and we lock away children who come 
from foreign, hungry lands.

It happens when we ignore the signs 
that tell us, not how or when, but enough 
for us to know, we lose the country when 
we, the people, lose control.

It happens when we let it happen.



	- Patrice Warrender

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