America

I am a child born in a nation of immigrants
That hates newcomers trying to make it.

I am in the melting pot
That thinks land can't be crossed and shouldn't mix.

I am part of a world where anyone can make it,
That also believes no one deserves it because it must be earned.

I am witness to the country of riches
That can't afford to house the homeless or feed the poor.

I am from the nation of hypocrites
That doesn't see the irony of its current existence.