1/21-23/93- Inauguration

                                        1/21+ 23/93
 
                      Inauguration
 
 
 I came east into chaos willingly
 To help celebrate a change of people and  promises
 Eyebrow raised, mercenary posture
 I wandered into the white folds of the mall
 And was welcomed by the hope of common men and women
 
 Never has such positive energy surrounded me
 Infectious, it drew the people out and down
 Thru the cold to share and explore
 Each other
 
 As the moment neared another shadow whispered
 Older, unkinder, ungentler
 A voice that has spoken through my father
 And through myself
 It's underhanded breath sneering
 "Nothing's changed, here's your proof, put your faith aside"
 The flawless execution of theater
 By two who gave me a sense of humanity, flaws
     and other things
 
 I want to cradle that faith against me
 Let the voices fall upon my deaf ear
 Keep the hope of sunrises and drying earth
 Near the fragile balance my path allows me
 Close to both my heart and eyes
 
 Not in the form of promises to shake when broken
 Or boughs to be placed on the next raging pyre
 To have some change that is
      not in response to cardboard pleas
 This is not an unwelcome feeling
 As this time.