Shadows Return, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

It is of alarming concern
His voters couldn’t discern
Reality from conspiracy

The man standing tall
In marble stone on the Mall
Heeded the dream’s call

The felon makes a mockery
Of it all. As we stare stunned
Lady Liberty has been shunned

No tired huddled masses
No mountaintop to reach
Office now occupied by a leach

American democracy breached
The clouds are grey and black
Dignity under attack

LGBTQ or black
Hispanics not welcome back
The storm is soon to arrive

Will E-Pluribus Unum survive
Will authoritarianism arise
Office squatter in disguise

The fearful fell for his lies
Lady Justice to deaf ears cry
Shadows darken the sky

Bludgeoned, beleaguered we sigh
Rain torrents drop from up high
Left to ask how and why?

Maybe the clouds will clear
In 4 multiples of a year
We won’t have to live in fear.