America. Home of the brave land of the- 1,520 children who died this year from child abuse and the 670,000 who lived through it The 1,825 who are abused each day and for every one report of child abuse- two others go unreported. So Josh Duggar can get away with molestation because of the statue of limitations- and everyone talks of "his recovery" but his own sisters cries go unheard.
Oh America- Where colleges would rather cover up a ****, than catch a ******. Where High Schools take pity on abusers who play sports or have a high social standing- Where abusers don't get charged because the girl they gang raged was "intoxicated". Where 4/5 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim. 44% of victims are under 18 and every 107 seconds another PERSON is sexually assaulted and 68% go unreported and 98% of rapists will never spend a day in jail.
America- Home of brave land of the- 41,149 deaths by suicide in 2014. where it's the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10-24. Where 70% of youth in juvenile justice systems suffer from a mental illness- but instead of treating it we continue punishing it.
America. Where John Green can romanticize the 2nd leading cause of death in the US Cancer! Speaking of cancer- why haven't we found a cure? America! Where why would they find a cure for a billion dollar industry that's fueling our economy.
America. where you have freedom of speech- but jet fuel can't melt steel beams and everything is a government conspiracy. Loose change taught you more about 9/11 than the news. Where 500,000 Iraqi civilians have died because of the Iraq war. and roughly 6,000 soldiers died in Iraq- but that's not including those who died after the fact brain intact with PTSD coming home to broken families- and we still think war is a smart idea.
America! Where those who are supposed to protect us eventually just start killing us- and getting away with it to! Where protests turn to riots and everyone that's a shade darker is labeled "****" But an "upstanding" white male citizen can get away with molesting his sisters- I'm looking at you Duggar, again. Where Freddie Gray can be tortured to death but hey no one cares because he had a record of selling drugs right?
America- The land of brave home of the genetically modified foods. You know- the food we actually have to re-modifed so other countries will deem it safe enough to eat. Where our fruit isn't even actually fruit unless it's label ORGANIC. Where there's a McDonald's around every street corner and being Vegan in today's food industry is impossible-
America! Where we were once a melting ***- but everyone complains about immigrants.
America! Home of the brave, land of the free. Where ignorance and Justin Bieber are more accepted than the LGBT community- aren't you proud to be an american?
This is a themed poem. I understand we have it better than other countries in some aspects, but this is just based off of looking just solely at the united states. I'm in no way putting down the deaths of soldiers or Iraqi civilians. Just trying to raise awareness. I'll do an entire world one soon.