Rise From Ash And Dust

We gather where the silence falls
Gather just to hear the chilling calls
People screaming in misery
Doomed to repeat history

That Our Mothers Fathers Grandparents fought
Half the Nation Didn't Vote For This
We Know He Was Bought
Like a useless fish
Veterans dismissed

But we are not the ones who break
We are the ones who stay awake
Watching the cracks spread through the land
Ready to rise with an open hand

We move as one through the heavy night
Carrying truth like a stubborn light
Every voice a spark that refuses to fade
Every step a promise our elders made
We hold the line because someone must

And when the sky turns iron and cold
We stand together the way we were told
By every ancestor who refused to kneel
By every survivor who learned to feel
The power of unity built from ash and dust

©2026 By Mary Robbins