America is the Land of the Free.
People can be who they want to truly be,
so I welcome all to inspect our society.

It’s perfect as long as one causes no fuss;
only hear what is mellifluous;
only see what is marvelous.

But if one really sees–
if one should look beyond the beautiful seam–
one can gaze upon the problems of our society.

Ask a teenager, some of the most opinionated beings alive,
and find out on what our society really thrives.
Ask a teen how they see the Land of the Free throughout their lives.

Teenagers are depressed.
Students are stressed.

Students study hard, work hard, and all for naught
for all the business’s doors have already been locked.

Society tells people to express themselves and their opinions;
as long as it follows these guidelines and remains in this general thought dominion.

People will hate
on what you wear or on your weight.

Children no longer learn about how to love,
only about how to avoid *** and drugs.

Education is viewed as a privilege, not available to all children born,
when, in a place as plentiful as this, it should really be the norm.

So, I ask, Fair Inspector, is America really Land of the Free
with still so much wrong with our society?

this is a poem
about Nothing

but in being about Nothing
it is about Something

this is a person
walking Nowhere

by walking Nowhere
their endpoint will be Somewhere

this is a child
with No One

once this child outgrows No One
they will find Someone

everyone in this world
gets caught up in the Now
in the Nothing

but what people need to see
is that if you look a little deeper
a little in the future
there will always be Something