The Marcher

 THE MARCHER

She began marching as a girl.

            There was so much to march for or against.

There was nuclear weapons testing,

            There was the Vietnam War.

There were women's rights, gay rights,

            Native American rights, animal rights.

As she got older there was the fight the for ERA

            And a woman's right to an abortion.

There was the fight against nuclear power plants,

            Against fracking and oil pipe lines.

There was the fight against climate change.

            There was the fight for health care.

There was the fight against plant shutdowns,

            And the fight for a higher minimum wage.

Now she is an old woman,

            And she still marches,

Against Nazis, against ICE, against a power-mad

            Dictator determined to destroy democracy.

She has marched all her life,

            Because there is so much to march for,

                        Or against.

There has always been.

            And so she keeps marching.