The Choice Being…

by Mike Turner / June 2nd, 2024

The day will come
When the voices of hate bigotry, privilege, greed
Finally fall silent
The only choice being whether
They were conquered by Love
Or destroyed us all

Mike Turner, a poet/songwriter living on the U.S. Gulf Coast, was named 2025 Poet of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Dissident Voice; his lyric, “Sense of Peace,” was awarded the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative’s 2023 Roger Williams Peace Award for Writing. He can be contacted at www.MikeTurnerSongwriter.com. Read other articles by Mike.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.