Alaskan Poetry & Prose: Agoramericaphobic by Robert Lyons

Contributed by Robert Lyons

Are we surrounded by wolves?

Our neighbors laying in wait?

Fellow countrymen hating freedom?

Evil deeds being done by everyone!

Are you scared?

Of being labeled or defined?

Signs pointing to derision

Irregardless of your decisions?

Enemies in your own cities?

What’s next? Barbarian horde?

Cannibal lore?

Painting signs above your doors?

Can we dishonor more, those who died before?

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself”

There comes a time to risk some hell

Venture outside your soft bellied shells

Take the offense without defensive ire

Learn a lesson while walking a mile

In shoes not worn out by being used

But broken in by freedom’s dues

One pair, two shoes

Together forward forging a path

Toward a more perfect Union

A great generation again at last