BOBBY

photo by Bill Eppridge

At Poets United's Mid-Week Motif, Susan has set us the challenge to write an ode to a leader, or to leadership. Hmmmm.........one of my favourite, most humble and loving leaders, Back in the Day, was Bobby Kennedy, a man of the people. Then there wasnt another until Barak Obama. When Obama came along, my heart rekindled with hope once again. It had been a long long time.

You never wanted to be a leader,

but you followed your brother,

as you always had.

You believed from whom much is given,

much is expected,

and you wanted to serve.

When you ran for President,

you didnt speak loftily from podiums.

You were down among the people,

the laborers, the marginalized,

the impoverished, the disenfranchised.
With your honest eyes, your boyish smile,

your compassion and your love,

you reached out and won all hearts.

You gave us hope, again.

And when they shot you, Bobby,

I stopped believing,

for a long, lonely time.