Letters to Tomorrow ~ How did we get into this mess?

Dear Tomorrow,

Today, I'm terrified of all the things in history

that should never be repeated.

So many fought to set so many free

and here I sit, feeling hopeless, feeling defeated.

Today, I'm overrun with confusion

that comes from a man and his followers.

They're misguided, misleading, fueled by his delusion

that he actually understands what matters.

Today, I'm overwhelmed and mourning

a loss of humanity, a loss of memory.

We can't seem to see the warning

it only took 71 years to forget history.

Today, I'm distraught about the future I'll give you

who will lead, who will triumph?

It's hard to tell in this world you'll come into

but I sure hope it isn't Drumpf.

Tomorrow, I'll look back at this day wondering

If I knew, if I tried to do something different.

To stop this history slowly in the making 

as a woman, a person of color, an immigrant.

I'm afraid of tomorrow and what it may bring

This onslaught of fear is tireless.

I'm unsure: how to stop this, what should I be doing

and how on earth did we get into this mess?

Confused and worried,

Suparna

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