So Tired

I've been told it will be OK

that we'll be safe once again

I sit and question when

my hope squashed daily

extremism

driven by misguided fundamentalists

resident evil shouting out loud

through a hail of bullets

and the explosive vests of suicide bombers

will the time ever arrive

freedom from the terrorists

seems only a dream

bigotry

sparked by the prejudice of the ignorant

leaving death and pain in its wake

another evil that lives next door

these bigots seem bent on attempting genocide

the eradication of anyone who is not exactly like them

is building a master race their wish

I was taught that those days were behind us

told it could never happen again

especially in this US of A

yet that is the political stage that we find before us

it never seems to get any better

I ask again

when will we be safe again

will there come a time men will respect each other

allow others to practice their own religious beliefs

without the ridicule

will the day come when men will put hate aside

a day they will share kindness rather than abuse

I dream of that day

but the wait

so tired