November 3, 2020
THE PENDULUM
The pendulum
was slow and heavy,
a dark brooding rusting orange iron weight
in an oversized tie.
It had pushed too far.
Today, November 3rd, 2020,
a nation voted to stop the pushing.
He had gone too far.
Today it will start to fall
the other way. Our nation
will breathe a sigh of relief
by midnight – let’s hope.
And truth will come crashing
into our relationships with one another
on just what happened.
And please God, agita and anxiety
will leave our bodies and our souls –
at least for a needed rest and meanwhile.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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