Why I Loved America

 

From the blues came rock & roll

Music to fill an empty soul

Teens watched movies in their cars

Dean & Brando, immortal stars

They sent men up to the moon!

Whilst Disney conjured magical cartoons

Little ol’ Blighty, seemed so dull

In shadow of America's neon pull

A place to be who you wanted to be

A land of true democracy 

Like a big brother standing tall

To protect & serve, it seemed for all

Our countries connected by loss & war

Values shared for evermore…

You were the beacon, you were the light 

The ones prepared to fight the good fight

But, it would seem, the land of the free 

Has now become the land of the me! 

There's a cuckoo in the nest, a pretender on the throne

The only pockets he will fill is his very own

America's great foundations, are about to break

Whilst lies spew out pretending all the truth is fake

Worldwide, dictators rub their bloody hands

Dancing in joy & glee upon these shifting sands

The Star Spangled Banner, from Hendrix’ guitar

Howls through the ages to reopen the old scar

Oh, brother where art thou? Where are you now?

Becoming a tyrannical rich guy's cash cow 

America: if not careful, you will only be remembered 

As the land where democracy & freedom were surrendered 

 

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Stephen Atkinson

Sat 17th May 2025 16:44

Thank you J.C. & Graham, the words of poets far greater than I!
And, probably, Uilleam. Growing up I viewed America through those rose tinted spectacles!
And, Stephen, let's Hope so!
And thanks for the 🌷everyone!

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 15th May 2025 07:51

A remarkable poem, Stephen, tightly written and rhymed. I still believe that a Good America will come back. We have to hope so.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 15th May 2025 07:19

Thank you, Stephen.

the land of the free
Has now become the land of the me!

But isn't the truth that behind the scenes, it's always been thus?
I often wonder whether I and our children would now be here, had Harold Wilson not put two fingers up to Johnson's imperial war in Vietnam...bad enough that the UK gave the USA financial and diplomatic support.

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 15th May 2025 04:16

Wonderfully written Stephen! It’s all in here, well done! A morally bankrupt man morally bankrupting a nation!!!

“ It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.”

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John Coopey

Wed 14th May 2025 22:56

Indeed, Stephen.
"Where have you gone Joe di Maggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you"

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