"How It Really Is"

 

"It's 3:23 A.M.

And I'm awake because my great great grandchildren won't let me sleep.

They ask me in dreams,

 "What did you do while the planet was plundered?

What did you do when the earth was unraveling?

Surely you did something when the seasons started flailing?

As the mammals, reptiles and birds were all dying?

Did you fill the streets with protest?

When democracy was stolen, what did you do once you knew?

Surely, you did something..."  

- Drew Dellinger