I must begin by professing love for you. I fell in love with your redwoods, your mountains, and your Pacific coast. I was given heart by the kindness you showed me in the suburbs of Chicago, by the many dear friends I’ve made within your borders and by the truly great citizens you have offered to the world. I love you and I want you to be safe, free and peaceful.
I’m afraid you’ve been living a life that is taking you far from each of those things. You’ve embraced violence, injustice, blind destruction and fanaticism to a degree that makes you appear to be not yourself. You are spitting in the face of all you used to hold high. Where is the liberty and justice you once tried to clean yourself with?
You’ve been on a dangerous road for a long while, ‘Merica, but tonight you made a grave mistake and will, despite my wish for your salvation, pay for it. You allowed a vile group of men to take over your life once again. I wish for your healing and for the unlocking of the shackles of violence, greed and blindness you’ve become clothed in, but you refuse the help the world offers you and you seem unable to accept your strengths and flaws.
‘Merica, I love you still. I am deeply troubled by your choices and afflictions, but I’ll not give up on you. I’ll strengthen myself with my love and be always ready to offer you help when you realize the troubles you have taken on.
Until you’re ready to love again I’ll do what I can to convince you of the need to get back to a noble path. I’m going to write you a new story, one of hope and transformation. I hope you’ll take the time to read it, even though you’ve rejected what I live for.
May you find peace and wisdom, shade and evolution.
A devoted lover,
Apollo
6 comments on “A Love Letter For ‘Merica”
Beautiful, excellent. I wish I could articulate my feelings about this as eloquently as you just did. Luckily for me, they echo my own sentiments.
I’m glad you appreciated what I wrote.
That was beautiful, Apollo. I feel the same way.
As I told Kris, he may be the “leader”, but we don’t have to follow.
*hugs*
Thanks.
Keep working aganist folks like Bush. There has to be a way to stop it.
*hugs*
i love my country, but i don’t understand the choices my fellow americans have made. how could we do this again?? i am so frightened. i feel like crying now, but i know that instead, i must look ahead to a day when a progressive america will prosper, keep my eyes clear, my mind open, and be prepared to fight injustice and social discord among my neighbours.
I don’t understand this choice either, but I’m going to do what I can to help end it. We have a lot of work ahead of us.