The Colors of America

Red

White

And Blue

The colors of America

We parade down the streets

Covered in these colors

I wonder what our parade will look like

This year

Will we parade with joy

Celebrate tragedies

Celebrate the inhumanity

Red

Red for the blood that spilled

On the streets

Where children played

And people protest against

The cruelty of our president

Of our government

White

White is for the color of what he wants to be America

It is the color that he longs to see

Anyone else

Even those who have lived in America

For their whole lives

Even those who are American

He discards them

As if he is more important

As if they aren't actual people

As if this isn't the "Land Of The Free"

As if our ancestors didn't immigrate

To America

Blue

Blue for the tears shed

One by one they drip

Leaving trails down the cheeks

Of Americans

Red

White

And blue

The colors of America

Posted in response to the challenge America?.

Gali

VT

14 years old

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