I am Nona

My name is Nona –

Not my birth name.

I am anonymous.

Anonymous Nona,

Anonynona for short.

I shall remain anonymous

Here, identities hidden.

Not famous.

Not distinguished.

Not powerful.

Just a nobody

Who wants the powerful

To speak Truth

To Power.

A cliché, I know,

But urgent in these

End Days.

Why must Power be

Rendered Mute?

Why do they not act?

These are my questions,

Unanswered prayers.

I:

The disenfranchised,

Muddled middle.

The music of Anonynona

Sings,

A palindrome:

Democracy

In the balance.