We can’t take flight
And ignore the plight
Of strong attacks from
The religious right.
We must open our eyes
And shine a light
On the ardent fight for
Women’s rights.
Though the view from the ground
Is not as nice,
We cannot smite
Unless we’re downright
Defiant.
One city birthed
A renewed crusade.
On the national stage,
An icon made:
The Capitol Steps.
They swept us away that day,
As we protested mistakes
The General Assembly made.
But an awakening dawned,
And we spawned
A movement
Of modern-day
Feminism.
Issues of choice cause a great divide,
But we’re changing the tide
And leading the nation,
Which brings us great pride.
Ultrasounds and TRAPs
Started a fight
In which the government
Used their might.
But the power of the people
Found the side of right.
And while both sides fight,
We all would like:
Freedom.
Though political games
Are perpetually played,
We are not swayed
By the flex of their muscles.
We’ll scuffle and hustle
And increase our resistance
With great persistence
Until they are staid.
Though protest we may, I do contend
That in order to win,
We must end and
In all ways de-friend these
Legislators.
They passed poor laws
And kept their paws
In places they shouldn’t.
And though we couldn’t
Stop the close of clinics,
We did get the probe
Removed from the bill
Passed on Richmond’s Capitol Hill
But the most important
Pavement we can pound,
With our eyes open wide,
And our feet on the ground is to
Vote.
Election Day is Tuesday November 5.
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