Scary Times
By Alida O’Loughlin
Who will keep us safe?
Safe from want, from crime, from war
Who will keep us safe?
Who will keep us safe:
The ones who lie about the facts,=
Who use vile words
And demonize the Other?
Who will keep us safe:
The ones who do their very best
To make the world a better place
For all, without exclusion?
Your choice, just vote
For all the ones
Who do their imperfect very best
To try to keep us safe.
Alida O’Loughlin lives in Oak Bluffs and calls herself “a frustrated poet and writer who never had time and is now running out of it … ”
Poets with a connection to Martha’s Vineyard are encouraged to submit poems to Poet’s Corner curator Laura Roosevelt at ldroosevelt@gmail.com.
