A Poem. {Which might ge me put in FB Jail for the first time }

I wrote a poem today. This is my FIRST poem in 15 years, so I am a wee bit rusty in that genre. But after last night's leak of the draft of the SCOTUS 's opinion on overturning Roe V Wade, I HAD to speak out. Someone whom I admire and whose works feed my soul reminded me that prophets in Scripture spoke truth to power via poetry. 

I'm in good company, amiright?  

There isn't much I can do with what will probably happen . However, if I learned anything in these weird times we've been in, I've learned the power of a few dedicated citizens.  In the words of rock group Twisted Sister 

"We're not gonna take it

No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore

We've got the right to choose, and
There ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song

We'll fight the powers that be, just
Don't pick on our destiny 'cause

You don't know us, you don't belong.." 

Here is MY poem... after a 15 year hiatus.............................................

Compartmentalization: A Poem

" My body, My choice" they cried..

refusing to take a series of vaccines

protecting themselves

and OTHERS

brought to them by reputable science

No charge.

FREEDOM FIRST they cried...

as people continued to fall ill

some dying,

others permanently and adversely

affected

by a preventable illness.

All the time not masking

standing at the altar

of false ideals

of what " freedom" means.

" MY BODY, MY CHOICEe I cry...

standing in solidarity

with uterus-owners everywhere.

watching scared and angry

as old men

and one crazy bitch

strip away body agency

with the stroke of a pen.

Sarah Elizabeth McCarren

3 May 2022

#MYBODYMYCHOICE