Her Stand

Her Stand

For and against...

She made her stand
on a plane in Sweden
protesting the extradition
of an Afghani man.

Here I sit
at home in Ohio
waiting for my turn
to stand for you or
for someone else.

These days,
it takes little to rip
a gaping hole in my certainty,
and perhaps even less
to fill it full of excuses.

My standing may
 be of little consequence.
Yet anyone shining a light
through our veiled reality
is turning the world
inside out.

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As someone who is against the death penalty,
it is only right to stand up for those who are faced
with being deported to a land in war.
~ Elin Ersson