Promptly Poetry - Book 3

The March

Fists drawn on the signs
Lines drawn in the streets
The names they shout aren’t mine
Slogans echo tweets

I see them from my window
As they go marching by
It scares me how the crowds grow
And still I don’t know why

It’s broken but no one fixes it
Dividing people is no solution
The answer, they’re dismissing it
In favor of a revolution

Daddy, I’m afraid of them
I don’t know why they shout at me
Spewing out more hate again
Instead of the love that sets us free

They say the system is corrupt
Greed and wickedness therein abound
Why don’t they work to build it up?
Instead they burn the cities down

It’s broken but no one fixes it
Dividing the nation is no solution
The answer, they’re dismissing it
And calling for a revolution


20 Lines

Written for "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)" 
Week 36
Prompt - image of a little girl looking out of a window. Below her there is a sign with something scrawled on it.
12 lines min