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This Is A Sensitive Time

A nation divide; can we recover?

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This Is A Sensitive Time
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Turn on the TV to see the morning news

Parents, teachers, all kinds of voters feeling the blues

It's amazing how fast we can from peaceful to rioting in the streets

Calling out slang like racist, fascist or cheat

It came down to the numbers, t'was fate

American's leaving the country at an alarming rate

I was ridiculed and harassed for not placing a vote into the vault

Whatever the outcome, it would not be partially my fault

For years I was ecstatic to finally have a voice

But that quickly all changed when I needed to make a choice

Choose the self centered celebrity with words hard and heavy like hammers

Or the liar, cheater, and corrupt woman who belongs in the slammer

Protests, rage, fear and distress

Turn our nation to unrest

Certain races shunned aside?

Will LGBT retain their pride

The election was decided

But emotions aren’t subsiding

We move forward but the apprehension’s arising

Anxiety is on the horizon

Let our passion rule the world

Continue to advocate for what we’ve fighting for


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