Undone

“Give it time! Give him a chance! Give it up!”
 
We don’t have time; some things can’t be undone.
 
Forests can’t be uncut.
Icecaps can’t be unmelted.
Communities can’t be unflooded.
Water can’t be unpoisoned.
Lives can’t be unbroken.
 
It will take lifetimes.

For Walls to be unbuilt.
For families to be unafraid.
For Americans to be unashamed.
For the sick to be unsick.
For truth to be undoubted.
 
So I ask, how can I give up?
 
This is not a protest of a loss; it's a eulogy for all we have to lose.
I hope you'll understand everything that can't be undone.