The Center of America

 America is Good.
That's the first lesson I learned 
About patriotism.
America is Good.
Don't question it,
Don't think too closely,
Don't be afraid to call out its flaws,
But always remember
That America is Good.

Make America Great Again.
That's the first time I remember 
A politician outright saying
That we weren't a great country. 
It was a clear farce.
Going back to a past
Of oppression 
And entrapment
Wouldn't fix anything. 
Besides,
America might have problems
But at its center
It was still America.
How could it go wrong? 

But then the bad guys won,
And everything changed. 
It's been four years since I voted
To bring America
Back to life. 
We all did. 
Only to find out that evil
Doesn't like to lay down and die.

Ever since then,
It's been one good party
And one bad party.
That's the one truth that everyone agrees on,
Even if they don't agree on who the good guys are. 

America is Good.
That's the first lesson I learned
About patriotism.
Trust the plan. 
Believe in Democracy.
Don't be afraid to speak your mind. 
But one party now supports genocide,
While the other is a monster in every way. 

There is a line between Good and Evil,
And somewhere between my childhood and now
We've crossed the line into Evil. 
The Center of America
Is now a wasteland 
Governed by a mafia. 
Were we ever good?
Was there any potential for greatness,
Or was it all a lie? 

How does one turn America
Into a place we can believe in once more?