Too Much in Jeopardy

This week’s poem comes from nonspeaking autistic writer Graciela Lotharius. She writes: “There are no words here that I can say to make this better, but I need to get some time to work on my feelings and begin to speak up more for what I see as true. There are so many people who really live with their idea of truth and much different than mine. I want to believe this is the end of many bad years of lies and much division, but I am feeling let down by people in our country. This is life and having hope is the only way forward.”

too much in jeopardy 


justice is coming towards us
finding the life inside our minds 
that have been destroyed 
by the news of the support 
for a liar, a monster, and a maker 
of money off the backs 
of those who said yes 
to his timely rhetoric

having hope in the future 
is so much harder to do 
now that we live in fear 

I have to stand my ground 
get working and find my strength 
and change what I can around me
using my frustration to sew hope 

hope is only four letters 
but it lets me survive my sorrow