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Heartbroken Nation (January, 2017)
by Caitlin Truesdale
Today, we wake
and look for substance.
Today, we wake
will our stories be lines
someone else has told.
Not here, not now, we cry,
while others shout,
“We’ve triumphed!”
Questions echo like bells tolling.
But, we are here.
You, me, them
the schism lingers.
Let it fill you,
move you,
wake us.
This heartbroken nation —
divided
in thought,
feeling
and word —
needs tending.