poem of the day January 21

The passing of power

from river to ocean

from mountain to valley

is a very delicate matter

in the life of democracy

It can survive wild water

as it collides with the sea

but not single handedly 

It needs good eagles gliding

over the statue of liberty

And I, we are reminded

every four years

there is a moment where

the long arms of power

are at slack tide

and during that change

the waves can break 

any which way

as the transfer of power

is fragile in a big land

that stretches all the way from

California to the New York Island