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Appeal

Published on April 6, 2025
Appeal

I sometimes wonder if it’s the right call

Protesting and chanting and holding signs

Will changing the law really solve it all?

The elders say these are difficult times

I sometimes wonder have we lost control

Forgetting the people on the front lines

Is not our main goal to save someone’s soul?

The elders say these are difficult times

I sometimes wonder would it help me choose

Listening to people screaming my crimes

Wondering, “what would they do in my shoes?”

The elders say these are difficult times

But I appeal there is a better way

True love does more than just protest and pray