Unraveled

Deteriorating democracy
Hating the hypocrisy
Condescending complacence
Isolated in ignorance

Riot enraged rivalry

Blanketed by bigotry
Resistant to recognize
Diminished to demonize

Ideological irony
Reaffirms our reality
Reeling from repugnant rhetoric
Fraying the social fabric
Polluting society's pillars
Tempering tenuous triggers
Marred media in the midst
Communities challenged to coexist

Afflicted with adversity
Challenge critics civilly
Be bold but don't bicker
Be better not bitter
Seek strength in solidarity
Protest into policy
Delve to decry this disease
Pry to provoke peace

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it."
Michel De Montaigne

Oath

My promise to you is to keep our love anew
To never leave you lost, mislead or confused
Though I dread of lacking strength this is not my excuse
You deserve reprieve from my internal feud
In you I see a steady resilient soul
I envy its disobedience while I struggle to control
The bitter bites of unwarranted vitriol
To refrain from spite and amplify the trivial
You have my hand to hold through the strife
You have my love I've pledged for life