By Eve Lyons
Yes we can
HOPE
Love trumps hate
We are all immigrants.
HOPE
Arab translators risk their lives for our soldiers
We are all immigrants
Promised visas, then denied.
Arab translators risk their lives
Muslims demonized
Promises made, then broken
Transgender women demonized
Muslims are most at risk under the Islamic State
We are our own worst enemy
Transgender women are most at risk in bathrooms
We are making up enemies
We are our own worst enemy
Yes, we can overcome
Love trumps hate
We must not turn each other into enemies.
Yes, we can overcome
Yes we can
We must not turn each other into enemies
Love trumps hate.
Eve Lyons is a poet and fiction writer living in the Boston area. Her work has appeared in Lilith, New Vilna Review, Word Riot, Literary Mama, Hip Mama, Mutha magazine, and several anthologies.
Photo credit: Women’s March San Diego 2018 by K-B Gressitt.
Powerful. ‘We are making up enemies.’ A truth that needs repeating.