by Mary Saracino
We the people
who believe in freedom
are rising
one heart
one voice
one vision,
warriors united for justice
standing shoulder to shoulder
arm-in-arm
women, men, children
of every age, race, creed, color,
ethnicity, economic condition.
Roaring and soaring
we seek to create
a more perfect union.
Fierce in our determination
we band together,
millions of souls,
to free our Republic from the fists
of autocrats, oligarchs, tyrants
and all who would silence us.
With our ancestors at our sides,
propelling us forward,
whispering in our ears: “Resist!”,
we will not be deterred.
We march onward
refusing to be mute about immorality,
refuting the lies, believing our eyes,
deploring the evils of
genocide, racism, misogyny,
xenophobia, homophobia,
transforming the present
into a brighter future for all.
Mary Saracino is a novelist, memoir writer, and poet. Her book of poetry Motherlines was published by Pearlsong Press (February 2026). She is the author of four novels:
Heretics: A Love Story (Pearlsong Press 2014), The Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006),
No Matter What (Spinsters Ink 1993), and Finding Grace (Spinsters Ink 1999), and the memoir Voices of the Soft-bellied Warrior (Spinsters Ink 2001). She co-edited (with Mary Beth Moser) She Is Everywhere! Volume 3: An anthology of writings in womanist/feminist spirituality (iUniverse 2012), which earned the 2013 Enheduanna Award for Excellence in Women-Centered Literature from Sofia University.
