I'll Be All Right
I’ll be all right.
With the new defense spending, I’ll probably even make more money. And I’ll probably get a tax cut.
So I’ll be all right.
When the wall is built and people are rounded up and sent back to their countries, I’ll feel sorry for them.
But I’ll be all right.
When the Muslim ban is enacted, I’ll feel sorry for the Syrian refugee family my church was sponsoring.
But I’ll be all right.
When Roe vs Wade is overturned, I’ll feel sorry for the victims of rape and incest who won’t be able to get an abortion, or the mother who has to carry an unviable or even life threatening pregnancy for nine months.
But I’ll be all right.
When the religious freedom acts are passed and a baker, who would rather vote for a thrice married serial adultery than make me a cake, is allow to discriminate against me, it will hurt a little. I’ll feel a little less than equal.
But I’ll be all right.
When the Affordable Care Act is overturned, my friends with HIV or any other pre-existing condition who won’t be able to get insurance and can’t afford their meds will suffer and die.
But I’ll be all right.
But so many of my friends, my family, my neighbors won't be. Nor will the so many people who I don't know but who will suffer if these policies are changed.
I hope that I am wrong.
I pray that I am wrong.
I pray that we'll all be okay.