Day 14: Don't Be Afraid

Love to Gowri K for this prompt "Don't Be Afraid, Finally We Are." Though I thought my final product was kind of lame, I vowed to stay at it with posting. Here goes a raw attempt at politcal poetry. By Sarah L.

Don’t be afraid of the institution that birthed freedom
We are the Obama loving anti-pat Americorps sleeved
Nation of doggy tails and eyelashes.

Finally we are free.

Don’t be afraid of the grip of patriarchs
Squeezing you to believe that you are
a Cameo silhouette
A faceless monogram

Finally we are more than itemized deductions.

Don’t be afraid of being a martyr

Finally we are more than suicide bombs and ash

Don’t be afraid that alternative is a
sly tongue for reformation
That we can rewrite the buzz words that blanket the past
That flags wave high every day, not just the ones
when it’s convenient to block off streets

Finally we are realizing that rainbows stretch as far as Iowa

Don’t be afraid to declare a state of emergency
as your reason for taking a sick day
There is too much soil to dig typewriter hands in to
Too many words that you must put in this world

Finally we are realizing what cannot be puzzled back
together from a desk chair.

Don’t be afraid to speak loudly
Too loudly
Don’t be afraid to write
Don’t be afraid when granted the opportunity
to open your mouth
Like pliers
Like anchors to hinge awareness on

Finally we are all speaking the same language.