Hidden in Victory

History is on the side of the victors.

Yet, victory only speaks of prosperity.

Victory does not expose

The cruelty disguised

Behind the veneer

Of freedom and justice.

“We the people

of the United States,”

Establish a false hope.

The hope of liberation;

Of freedom and justice.

Built broken. Never fixed.

“I pledge allegiance”

to the “one nation,” divisible.

False promises of unity.

Preached, but difficult in practice.

No “liberty and justice for all.”

Divided we stand.

“O beautiful for spacious skies,”

That hides the separation,

Discourse, and Uncertainty.

The illusion of “brotherhood”.

Inequality, injustice, unrest,

“From sea to shining sea!”

Is it possible to fix something

Broken beyond repair?

Well, that’s the American dream.

Start from the bottom up.

But, break down the walls,

and what do you get?

A nation poisoned at the roots.