Election 2018

Election 2018

When I think of tomorrow’s election

And what our country needs,

I know I want to pray all day,

And spend it on my knees.

(Not sure though what the prayer should be.)

It’s not that I want my side to win;

(Though admittedly, I do);

Mostly, I want a better nation.

Where “other” is not one to fear.

In a world not run by hatred.

I want to be a more perfect nation,

Where rich and poor can live in peace

No matter the color of one’s skin,

Whatever language one happens to speak,

Or a person’s political persuasion.

I want to live in a safer country,

Where acts of violence don’t harm you

When you go to church or the store or the gym,

Where we look instead for common ground,

Rather than divide ourselves into us and them?

Now we are not what America should be.

May this nation endure, beyond this time,

More forgiving, and kind, 
Where all are truly equal and free.

By Nancy Rehkugler