This is Us
This is us,
Will you accept us as is?
Us, with our innumerable flaws,
Our intolerable actions,
Our inhuman violence,
The feats that make nations quake,
And we are despicable to ourselves,
Hated in our own realms,
Yet the fright of others keeps us in power
Your fear feeds our appetite
We hunger for your loss,
And devour the scavenged meals
So provided for us,
Yet our own power makes us weak
The method of our power is our downfall
We will crash, and bury
Many beneath us when we collapse
We became too large for our purpose,
And our motive was skewed by generations of deceit
We deserved to crumble, and
So many were surprised
But many more were not
The honest ones were not impressed,
They had been waiting for a long time
Toast us in the future
As the destroyers, the man-crushers,
The idea-makers, the hope-breakers,
The once-dreamers, the empire-rulers
We may be long gone, but our ruins will
Stay for generations
Remember us
Remember us with fear,
Remember us with respect,
Remember us with love,
This is us
This is U.S.