Will You Stand Up?

When the dark days increase,

And the light is obscured by vicious vitriol and lies-

Will YOU stand up?

When those with darker skin are slandered

And viewed as less than-

Will YOU stand up?

When women are viewed as a husband’s property,

And they have less rights to their own bodies than their mothers had-

Will YOU stand up?

When LOVE is legal for some,

And for others it becomes against the law-

Will YOU stand up?

When people who want to live the gender they are deep down,

And those people become outlaws-

Will YOU stand up?

When the elderly have to choose between medicine and food,

And they lose support from a nation they created,

Will YOU stand up?

When the upper few get richer while breaking the back of the working,

And those very workers can’t make ends meet-

Will YOU stand up?

You, as a human being, are connected to a diverse brotherhood and sisterhood.

Love is love, hate is hate. We all need you.

Will YOU stand up?

Can we count on you?