I am calling you, America,
I am your citizen.
I am trying to find you.
Does your amber still wave
And your sea still shine?

Have you lost your dream, America?

I see a country of personalities with no character.
I look for a statesman but am lost in a sea of salesmen.
The politicians campaign but don’t govern.
The poets have lost their vision.
The preachers deceive their flock.

It was your dream so many dreamt that
Burned bright like a beacon in the night.
It was your dream that delivered hope
Where hope had no hope.

I am your citizen, America.
I embody you in my creation.
Carried you from womb to womb,
Nurtured you from generation to generation.
You’ve inspire me,
And I’ve depended on you.

But it’s not the same anymore, America.
The cycle of change has become cyclonic.

Your people are awash in anger.
Your united states divide while
Dark clouds looms over the Republic.

Are we a country of Cains and Abels?
How can I be my brother’s keeper
When I no longer know him?

You have a black man in a white house.
Your people vote red or blue,
And so many are brown and yellow.
Are the ties that bind
Color blind or color bound?

Your economy is squeezing me.
I’ve tightened my Corn Belt,
Bankrupt my Rust Belt,
Fracted my Frost Belt,
Revived my Bible Belt.
And I always buckle my safety belt.

Your people are divided, America.
They quibble and quarrel.
If no one will cross the aisle,
Is there anyone left
To answer the call?

Are we fighting the Civil War again?
Would Grant and Lee still sheath their swords
To save the Republic?

All these hawkers and barkers that
Pretend to be your friend while they peddle
God and apple pie and your way of life.
Charlatans, the entire lot of them.

I am your citizen, America.
I search for your relevance because
I believe that you still matter.

Don’t let me lose hope, America,
For the nation you still can be,
For the greatness you can still achieve.

I am your citizen, America.
I am trying to find you,
But I am running out of places to look.