An Old Skyscraper, unlike our President, Promotes Uniting Us

"And one must wonder how grand it would be if a president, like an old skyscraper, inspired hope for a better world through uniting us as opposed to dividing us"--Poetry by Ernie McCray

At a time when the president of the country
has dedicated himself to steering us away
from coming together as a people
to embrace
our rich diversity
and seek ways
to make our society
one that’s more fair-minded  
and more inclusive,
I look from my hotel window
in Sacramento
at the words: “UNITING A NATION,”
the only part of the inscription in my view,
at the base of the Elks Tower, a tall structure
near the California State Capitol Building.
I’m in town with my dear Maria,
a San Diego Community College District trustee
who is there attending
The Community College League of California’s
annual Legislative Conference
to make the case to state legislators
on why community colleges matter,
how their transformational work with students,
in “investing in equity,”
positively impacts local communities,
the state, and indeed, the globe.
 
And one must wonder
how grand it would be
if a president, like an old skyscraper,
inspired hope
for a better world
through uniting us as opposed
to dividing us,
as such a deed,
it seems,
should be a reality,
rather than an optimistic dream -
 
which means We the People
have to stand firmly
against this man’s
non-life-affirming schemes. 

Ernie McCray is an activist for love and peace who acts and sings and writes both poetry and prose, a man who rises each day to do whatever he can, no matter how small or grand, to make the world better in some way.

Unapologetically.