American Villanelle Poem by Jordan St. Stier

I wrote this for the bulletin asking for poems regarding our nationalities, and I wanted to express myself. America is, America, and we are a country that can lift itself off of the ground and out of the mud, but it seems that we are stuck under an overly-nationalistic phase in which our viewpoint should be "America First" and all that nonsense about self-promotion. I love my country, but I cannot love the vain and greed-induced lummox that we must endure that leads my country. I cannot bear to see my country be suffered this indignity of having something who has no problem with destroying our environment, banning travel to-and-from certain countries in the Middle East whom we are not fully allied with, grossly lying and having behavior extremely unfit for a world leader, mocking heroes and insulting peoples' race, putting up a wall that would keep Illegal Immigrants for even setting foot in the United States, insulting other countries, getting rid of trade-deals and peace treaties, mauling healthcare, bragging about his wealth without provocation, etc etc etc. America, you are a country of opportunity, a country of freedom and prosperity, a country that is so much more than what people see, and I do not mean to be overly patriotic, because that is not my character, but my country is seriously disappointing me. It is failing me. If you want to be a great country, than live up to your ground promises of the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, because everyone is created equal and we should universally see that.