Bitterest of pills

I swallowed without consent

And now I’m choking.

With every day that passes

I pray for civility

Only to suffer

The pains of disappointment.

Will I ever learn…

I doubt that I ever will,

But there’s no harm in hoping.

Trying to temper

My passion for politics,

Where lies don’t matter,

Compassion signals weakness

And right and left never meet.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~