I have a new Prime Minister

I have a new prime minister

I'd gone out

just for the morning

And heard it on the news

Is this

taking back control?

Be glad its a woman-

Remember Thatcher?

I need to know

what she'll do

not her gender

She wants to unite her country

this disunited kingdom

Poverty and place

Power and privilege

Are the hard borders of division

A referendum

I didn't vote for

A result I didn't vote for

A prime minster

I didn't vote for

I have a new prime minister

Who will make me less European

Powerless in my capital city where

75% of us voted

to stay in the heart of Europe

Since June 24 I've grieved

I've puzzled

I've tried to understand

I've looked everywhere

for silver linings

She's spoken of  governing

for all not just the privileged

So I'm clinging to some wreckage of my hope   
for signs that my fear is unfounded

It's nearly six months now
and there's an angst
that is never far away
The linings are not silver 
just tarnished by lies

So for now I'm looking
for joy in the small things
and treasuring those I love
And little by little
trying to be the change
I so very much want to see