one brave witness

an angel doesn’t

do anything

just stands there

quiet, no sudden

movements just

there observing

the actions of others

waiting in

the background

for a fall, or an

injustice of one

kind or another

there to offer a

hand or shielding a

neighbor from

hate in a time

of need

in our

time of need

just when we

desperately require

an angel to step in

between us and

pure evil disregarding

self for community

choosing love over

hate

death over life

citizen over oppressor

a witness to truth

exposing the horrid lies

in a moment of unintended

sacrifice

for Alex Pretti