we may hold
these truths
to be self-evident
life, liberty, and
the pursuit
of happiness
however
even truths
have their limits
when we wrote
those words
we were young
and isolated
and thinking mostly
of ourselves
now, we are older
and established
and powerful
and something
has been lost
in the translation
of your cries
for freedom:
our gas prices
are going up
along with our
fear and anxiety
we know
you have suffered
but the world
was working
pretty well
like it was
change is hard
when it costs us
for you
to be free
we hope
you understand
perhaps this truth
or, at least,
reality lives
in the shadows:
our comfort and power
matter more (to us)
than your freedom
we do understand
your yearnings
can’t that be enough?
Peace,
Milton
