I wasn't radically changed by 9/11

If I had to pick my 9/11 It would be the time of the three post JFK assassinationsMalcolm, Martin, BobbyThat ushered in what was to me a minor dark ageAn almost daily betrayal of hope
I saw Barack and 2008 as an effort to break that spellHis Presidency reveals the depths of what we were trying to defeat back thenThe dismal inexorable hold of the principalities and powersThe very jaws of hell before our eyes every day
I had a Malcolm-like reaction to 9/11I need not spell it out9/11 happened blocks from meIt was a beautiful dayIt seemed consistent with the time we are still in
I do not think we will be out of this minor dark ageUntilGlobal democratic revolution succeeds How soon I do not knowIn the United States Piecemeal perhaps Around the world Perhaps
It will happen wherever enough individuals embraceTolerance and helpfulnessDemocracy and non-idolatryAnd light a true flame of freedomA nonviolentRevolutionary flameTo move earthA few centimeters toward heaven  Global Online Privacy