It’s not enough to admire her:
The way she stands there,
Grace under fire,
Her skirt moving
in the breeze
The air displaced as
Armed guards charge her,
The calmness in her face.
It’s not enough to share it
This image of resistance
Over and over
Though you swear it’s
Solidarity, the fact you care.
To click link, hit like
And feel that you’ve already done what’s right
Is not to share in her fight
But in her foes’ disgrace.
It’s not enough to write
This poem.
Make this conversation
About us and our whiteness
again,
Again,
Again.
The least that we can do
Is stand with her.
The least that we can do
Is say her name.
Tom Juniper Poetry 