Step Away

Step away with whatever
Grace even you might muster.

Just go on, step off, make room
For the new hope
The new day,
When we the people
Feel we are free
To join together
And start anew.

We are new, so why
Do we look back
On our little history
Herstory, ourstory
And see
Real ancient civil-izations
In uncivil ruin
At our feet.

Who said you could use
Another man’s home
As your playground?

No one.
We all said stop.
We all said no.

Step off. Back away.
You who believe you are
Right to kill and torture
And leave to die
Men and women
Robbed of the right to ask why.

Yet you judge a woman
Who claims her right to her body
A killer.