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America, The Forgotten?


When I close my eyes I Envision the deep waters of the ocean Spreading it's arms across the sea Holding hands with distant waters From another country Never to break apart Brotherhood's one magistic bond When I breath in I could smell the wide horizion Of American vallies Flourishing with yellow dasies Dancing against the pure spring breeze Warming the heart of a born native As she gains the courage to say in rejoice "This is my homeland, my blood bleeds here" When I walk down the crowded streets All I could see are warm greetings As people in every corner Man to woman Woman to child Exchange handshakes Proudly saying , "Welcome to America!" No man is a stranger to this part of the world Our flag represents our hardships, dedication and pride Holding the moto, "Land of the free, home of the brave" Nor thus, we had forgotten.. As humanity can no longer comprehend The true emotions that are kept inside When I open my eyes all I could see Are the once united bodies of water Swaing seperatly in their own ways As their hands turned into fists When I hold my breath I could smell the scent of filth Deterioating across the vallies As the pure air all of a sudden Becomes contaminated with pollution Posioning our lungs as we slowly start To suffocate, forgetting about the enviroment Forgetting about our health When I run down the empty streets I could see glass shattered on the road Buildings set on flames People pushing eachother as they move along Ignoring their presence And people moaning in greif As they suffer a lost A lost of trust A lost of hope to an uncertain future We have forgotten our compassion Forgotten our sense of identity Abandoned our brotherhood for good As our country is being ran under politics Being influenced by ignorance We are no longer united But a seperate country Our waters no longer travel from sea to sea Blooming yellow dasies turned into rust Fresh spring breeze becomes a sin to inhale Warm greetings turns into an outdated etiquette And our once settle homeland became Nothing but our own deathbeds Brothers and sisters of the common lands Today as one we shall stand in unision Strive to be the country we used to be To spread the word of brotherhood Across land to land For all to hear Raise our flag high adove the clouds For all to see And to stand tall above all odds For all generations to remember our worth Although our country's fate is at question And our faith has gone astray Let us not forget who we are And where we came from Afterall this is our homeland And here we bleed..
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