Democracy is a Verb

 I remember hearing "God is a verb" and 

it paused me--doing, being. 

Righteousness is acts,

and faith without works is dead. 

"You will know them

by their fruits"--

some exceptional, without blemish,

beautiful to the eye

and honey on the tongue. 

We can see a whited sepulcher

and know what lies therein,

because you know a grave from a buffet. 

Anyway--

the heart of democracy is a verb--

to be aware and free.

We vote with our hearts

our hands, and our feet. 

It is a doing. And the work

must always be done,

or what gets done is

WE.