Waves & Cycles

Sometimes things must get worse
before they can get better.
I tell myself this in an act of hope
that the worst is behind us.
And if it is not, it is for a reason:
maybe four more years of downward spiral
will awaken the people of this country.

Though it is scary to imagine what more it will take
than the obvious, intentional lies and evil
benefiting the few, the powerful
at the cost of the many, the powerless.
Have we not yet hit bottom?
What more must happen before
the people claim their power and demand integrity?

Sometimes things must get worse
before they can get better.