Assurgent Buds

With current trends full of twisted mistrust

In a land I feel to be so wrong and unjust,

Full of vacuous politicians that do not hear

Spreading division bathed and laced with fear,

Duplicitous in nature. totally out of touch

Criticise all, make themselves beyond reproach,

Their bonds of light and trust nowhere to be seen

They don't seem to listen, making people scream

Beyond their dark reflections of ugliness

I try to ignore the continuing insidiousness, 

Being woke in thought without callousness

Do not abandon myself to hopelessness,

Will not be controlled by powers untender

Inner defences fight back, refuse to surrender,

Among the enshrouding blackness, break free

Follow spirits of kindness and glimmering empathy,

Breathing with defiance, moving gigantically 

Under glowing sun. try to cancel negativity,

I hear the loud voices of strength and solidarity

Forces of good, spinning forth.that don't irritate me,

Angry voices of needed resistance and positivity

Ambassadors of change, forces of necessity,

Like wild red roses tired of keeping their distance

Hope spreaders, that manipulators can't extinguish.