A year after millions of people participated in the Women’s March to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration, demonstrators across the United States took to the streets on Saturday to speak out against the president and his administration’s policies.

A poem by the activist, poet and writer Cleo Wade about being an active citizen prompted us to ask readers how they’ll be getting involved in politics in their communities. Below is Ms. Wade’s poem, followed by lightly edited responses from readers.

I get up

(I don’t always want to)

I’m tired

I am run down

My thoughts run me down

The news runs me down

My country runs me down

Our history runs me down

But

Something pulls me from the safety of my sheets

Puts me in the shower

Dresses me and says

Show up

Sometimes I show up

Because Heather Heyer can’t