So Why am I Crying: a poem written after watchng John McCain's funeral

So Why am I Crying?

(a poem/prayer after watching John McCain’s Funeral)

So divided we are

and yet

there they were

all lined up

next to each other

like maybe

it is supposed to

be that way

Presidents all, of

different colors

and stripes

competitors for

a season

but now

united in grief

and honor

What have we become

all hiding in

our prideful tribes

afraid that

someone or anyone

might “tread on me”

or get

something undeserved

Can we find the good

that rests beneath

the need to win

and gain notice

so that we

will be

right while

others are wrong

God you were there in that

room listening

to all those noble words

about a man who wanted

more for our nation

not less

Please whisper into the stopped

up ears of our leaders

to clear away the

clutter of” me and mine”

and find a

new way to

“ours”

Rest in peace, John

but haunt us

 with your restless presence

that stirred within your

wounded chest

You and the God whose

face you now see please

come visit us

with a new vision

that allows us to

again see

what true

greatness is….

Jody Seymour

September 1, 2018