Miscarriage of Justice

The chamber fell 

silent as a waiting room

that pregnant pause

Before the fateful 

news...

We sat with baited breath,

awaiting confirmation

of what we already knew

yet hoping for a miracle...

a heartbeat, a chance 

to give birth...to that ideal 

for which we stand.

Alas ...

it was not meant to be.

Justice was miscarried 

by a body in self-preservation

Concerned only with its own

existence.

We mourn the loss

refusing to accept truth...

that our dream was 

aborted long ago,

that It hemorrhaged from the shores of promise (conception).

Again
we shed tears

for what could have been...

that freedom not delivered 

that flicker of hope

We call “America.”

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Reflections on the United States Senate refusing to provide a fair and just impeachment trail of the 45th president Trump by calling witnesses to testify and relevant documents. Instead, the treasonous republican led body voted to not allow either of these standard court elements into the impeachment trial, again choosing party loyalty (to a criminal president) over country (duty to defend the constitution.
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