Insurrection Day

Photo by Peter Herrmann on Unsplash

It doesn't matter how many lies they tell
I know what I saw that day
January 6, 2021
as a mob of insurrectionists
NOT mere "rioters"
stormed the U.S. Capitol
entering through broken windows 
like burglars
crashing through barriers and doors
with a mob's ferocity
a human wave breaking on our freedom
and those who tried, valiantly, to stand against it
seeking to murder Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence
bowing like a false shaman
to the false god they had made.
Everything I know and believe 
tells me this was a violation.
Everything I know and believe
tells me this was an outrage.
Everything I know and believe 
tells me we can be better than this,
and must be.