Impeaching A President - Respect The Dignity Of A President Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

You don't impeach a President
just because innocent citizens walked in
the Capitol Hill Building and created chaos and commotion
which the President himself must have never expected;

you don't blame the President
just because he talked a few simple words in his speech
by which he did not intend to incite citizens
to create any violence or vandalism;

you don't condemn a President
who was the President of America for four years
and he has done his Presidential duties
to the best of his abilities and endeavors.

You don't impeach a President
just because someone hurt your ego
or jeered at your position
by sitting on your chair or your table;

you don't blame the President
just because people came marching
to the Capitol Hill Building to express their solidarity
to their outgoing President;

you don't condemn a President
when four people lose their lives
but the Security Officers could have prevented
such an incident by stopping people
from entering the Capitol building
by closing the front doors or gates as caution.

You don't impeach a President
when the President himself allowed the elections
to take place though schools and universities,
restaurants and workplaces were all shutdown
due to the looming pandemic fear;

you don't blame a President
who should have actually been allowed by the Electorate
to continue as a President for a second term
as it was uncertain if the Pandemic would permit
a calm election or fair results;

you don't condemn the President
as the adversities he had to confront now
when all he did during his presidency was he tried
to make America a great nation
by extending his hand of friendship to every country
far and near, whether that country was a foe or an ally
as he always supported world peace and safety.

You don't impeach a President
who has upheld the dignity of his nation
and in return he expected his own dignity
to be respected by his nation;

you don't blame a President
just because he was a billionaire
yet he still chose to humbly serve his nation
when he could have been more happy
relaxing in Las Vegas or at Mar-a-Lago;

you don't condemn a president who will be
going down in the Books of History
as the 45th President of America;
and when he has done a great job as a President,
he cannot be held responsible
for the frantic behavior of those American citizens
who rushed to the Capitol Hill Building
to demonstrate their love and dedication
for their President whom they revere
and for whom they are ready to give up their lives forever.