"Let me take this opportunity to commend Jackie Marx who has selflessly dedicated her talents to our Vietnam Veterans..."
President Ronald Reagan, 1984
Jackie singing in Sydney, Australia
Jackie Marx
Jackie's music is now available at https://jackiemarx.bandcamp.com/
YEARNING FOR YESTERDAY
My hands tied behind my back, mouth taped shut,
I am swept into this untenable world…not of my making
Ignorance and blatant thievery writ large upon a corrupt canvas
Erasing the once-sacred document created by God for us,
that guided our actions to an equitable state of balance, of liberty…
wiped clean and modeled in a malicious manner that will enslave us
With every fiber of my being, I yearn for yesterday.
copyright © 11-3-2020, Jackie Marx
I wrote this prose poem for a Poetry Chapbook. These were my thoughts about losing our Democracy to the people that wish to tear it down.