"Two Americas"
The America I want to know
looks down upon traitors
and stands up for the oppressed
The America I want to know
wouldn't elect a traitor
who spews hatred and refuses to denounce nazis or racists
The America I know
turns a blind eye to the weekly school shootings
and throws a tantrum over the thought of their
precious killing machine being taken away
when in fact nobody is taking your goddamn guns
All we ask for that we can send our children to school
safe and sound so they can come home into the loving arms
of their parents instead of their parents receiving a phone call
that their son or daughter has been killed in a school shooting
all for nothing except for the fact that a gun has more rights
than a child who has yet to live out their dreams
The America I know shrugs its shoulders at the homeless Veterans
sleeping on the streets and the men, women and children of color
being shot and killed all because they were born with a different amount
of melanin in their skin and look different, therefore are somehow, for some
heartless reason thought less of because of how they look
The America I want to know
wouldn't want their fellow citizens to go to bed homeless, hungry or simply just
surviving, trying to get through another night, worrying if they'll be able to feed their
young children and make rent so they don't have to return to the shelter
The America I want to know
refuses to let big business and corporations take precedence over the American who
just wants to live the American dream; go to college, find a job, buy a house and
raise a family, yet here we are struggling to make ends meet while a member of
Congress drinks $1000 worth of bourbon from a shot glass on one of their Yachts
while the family living on Main Street USA has to decide between keeping the lights
on or putting food on the table, and a man who lost his job because was injured digs
through his couch cushions and takes money from his daughter's piggy bank just to
get a hit of heroin because his opioid prescription ran out and insurance will no
longer cover his medication; he stares in the mirror and hates himself with every
fiber of his being, but he can't go without the numbing effect of temporary euphoria
that, just for a little while, eases the pain
But now, he knows he is seen as an "addict,", a useless, vile leach on society
all because we look down upon those who are hurting and are just looking for some
way to survive, to live in a fleeting moment of comfort and ease the pain of every
day life, whether it be through a shot of hard liquor, a cigarette, or another pain killer
The America I know
preaches "Christian" family values while the Congressman who claims to be "pro-life"
has paid for five abortions for his mistress of five years, while he supported a bill to
close the last clinic open in a red state that provides reproductive services to the
woman who so desperately wanted a child, but her child won't survive the pregnancy,
therefore she needs to terminate, but has to take off work and travel 350 miles to a clinic
in another state; tears roll down her face as her she lies awake at night after going through a
traumatic waiting period while she already knows this is the option she doesn't want, but has no
choice just like many other women who should have the right to their
own bodies, but the America I know regulates a uterus more than a assault rifle
because priorities of the red, white and blue are beyond skewed
Who are you, America?
We are not a democracy
We are a plutocracy, an oligarchy
We are beyond divided, not once were we truly united
The America I want to know
would be run by the people, for the people
not by the 1%, for the 1%
The America I want to know
would provide healthcare for every citizen
and free college education for our children
We are not the greatest country in the world
We are falling backwards
and we won't stop
until we are truly free
instead of constantly searching for a way to simply survive
