Defiance a Poem by Patrica Cooper

If you think we are going away,   

We’re not.   

If you think we are going to be quiet,   

We’re not.   

If you think we are going to stop,   

We’re not.   

If you think we are giving up one gain,   

We’re not.   

You may wish us dead,   

We’re not.   

If you see us with dread,   

So what.   

If you see us as bleeding-hearts,   

So what.   

If you see us as liberal,   

So what.   

If you see us as radical,   

So what.   

If you see us as nasty people,   

So what.   

If you see us loving our earth,   

We do.   

If you see us as loving people different from us,   

We do.   

Even you.

Patrica F. Cooper, Elizabethton, Tennessee, November 11, 2016   

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