That’s Who We Are
Dean Traylor is a freelance writer and teacher who writes about various subjects, including education and creative writing.
That’s who we are.
That’s what we’ve become.
Forget nobility.
Forget honor.
Forget morality.
We struggled with the shackles
when we should have
taken them off
and threw them
far, far away.
We struggled with internment
when we should have
shuttered them
and leveled them
long, long ago.
We struggled with segregation.
We struggled with equality.
We struggled with union.
We struggled to see
that we were one
all this time.
And now comes separation
that we see in the face
of a crying child new to this harsh land.
We say, collectively,
“That’s not who we are.”
But
This is us…
No, it doesn’t have to be
Us.
Strive we must,
for what we want to be.
And tear down the things
that gets in the way of that dream.
Open the golden door
we strive for
and make us
who we want to be.
So, we can finally say:
“That’s who we are.”
No Questions
Just surety.
© 2018 Dean Traylor
