Yesterday I woke up

I brushed my teeth and jumped in the shower

I ate my cereal

Drank my Coffee

And then went to school

Today you wake up

You brush your teeth, you shower, you get dressed

You munch your breakfast

Drink your coffee

You go to work

A monotonous stream of workers

Toiling away

Grateful for another day

But not wishing to stay

Their minds are fresh

However their bodies stressed

Is this America?

Is this the land of the free?

Why must,

Many Americans drive to work,

While others walk?

Why must,

Many Americans earn sunflower seeds,

While others earn filet mignons?

Why must,

Many Americans talk,

While others sing?

Why must,

Some Americans sleep on pavement,

While others debate consent?

Why must,

Some Americans get sick and die,

While others in hospitals are given a second try?

Why must,

Many Americans enter the workforce after high school,

While others get to party at college researching cool biofuel?

This is not fair

We are not free

Until equality sits on the tips of our tongues

And Justice tears through our tyrannical society

Are we to be free in our democracy

Is that America?

Is this America?

A society where screams, coughs, and respiratory pain

Seem so real for too many

People dying in the streets

Protesters crushed by government force

Free is not what we see.

Pain, suffering, exploitation, intrepidation, division, isolation,

Where wealthy accumulate Penthouses

While the poor barely can afford blouses

Currupution chaos, blood shed, and misery

A country that deprives generational wealth from those who Built it with their blood and tears

A country where something so simple so useful

Like wearing a mask has become political.

A country where the police shoot our neighbor’s sons.

A land divided by facts and faith.

Ruled by leaders who put themselves first.

A land Controlled by corporations stealing our wages

However, this is not America

Tomorrow we wake up.

We brush our glistening teeth.

We scrub our hair and body in the shower

We enjoy our breakfast and drink our coffee.

We go to work.

We work hard

We love our neighbors

We say our prayers

We cherish our friends and kiss our family

When in crisis

We are resilient

We are Strong

We keep our faith

Together we come out on top

We are grateful for

Our essential workers

Our public servants

Our scientists

Those on active duty in our great military

Our veterans

And those who put their life on the line so that we may rise every morning.

We celebrate

Our diversity

Our freedom

Our democracy

Our hope

But most of all we fight for justice.

We make tomorrow twice as good as today.

Together We are America