Exhausted by the Long Campaign

A poem for Election Day (USA) about the requirement to accept the results of an election peacefully: Exhausted by the long campaign, Leveraging what we believe, Emails pounding like hard rain, Checks piling up like autumn leaves ... This right is our sine qua non, Imperfect though the law may be, One nation choosing, moving on, Not messing with our sovereignty. Democracies depend on trust And shared consent because they must, Yielding power peacefully. © by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/exhaus.html. For more Election Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/electiondaypoems.html . To receive an email from me each week via medium.com, go to https://medium.com/subscribe/@nickgo_89269 .