Now and then

Now and then, I wonder, as a brother once said, when will people start getting together again? Now and then, I think of these days. I know my life will never be the same, so many tears I’ve cried, after all the people I knew who have died in such a short period of time. Just like now, just like back then, I wonder when will this justice department speak to the loner guy? I can’t help but think my mother would still be alive, like many others, who died of COVID-19, after all of the lies.

I’ve lived here, in Washington, all my life. I marched with Dr. King as a very young boy for civil rights. Who could ever have imagined the sight of Jan. 6? Maybe Roger the Dodger and that vampire-looking guy. I was so mad to see a Confederate Flag in our Capitol building. I could have cried; then, the thought of our brave officers who were injured and those who died, rest in peace.

Like now and back then, they have always been lying, trying to help hide the price and corporate greed. Who would believe they would get paid? Got to keep your eyes on the gauge; gas is almost $4 a gallon now, and it might get higher before it’s all over. Now and then I wonder, is it true what Bible people preach to you, are we living in the last days?

A war in Ukraine, during a pandemic: women and children whose lives will never be the same. Can one man be the blame? And should we allow him to be? Now and then I wonder, will there be a World War III? Let’s all send a prayer out to the Lord to help our people, please. Prayer without work, so let us get up off our knees and fight as long as we need to win the peace, like now and then. They have always planned, and my Lord plans, and my Lord is always the best of planners. Now, now, now moving on from then.