Murica
You would think
with our smartphones
self-driving cars
million dollar condos
“We’ve done it, gentleman.
We have reached the peak of our existence.”
Meanwhile in America,
children are dying
drinking poison from the kitchen tap,
people are gassed trying to protect
what is rightfully theirs,
and citizens are gunned down in the street.
And we sit passively
and shake our heads,
thinking, “Oh, what is wrong with this world?”
We sing of purple mountain majesties,
so loud and full of pride
that you can barely hear the screaming.
But we forget to look in the mirror.
There is no such thing
as good or evil.
There is no great cause or conquest.
Only our actions.
We are all accountable.