Poetry Station

"America the dreamland"

America is where everyone says it's free

It's the dreamland for many

And the place where dreams are meant to explore

Yet I am just an alien in your country

What wrong did I do for being different?

What wrong did anyone do to be treated like this?

No matter how many times I replay it in my head

I can't seem to see why all this hate is here

No matter what you ignorant people say

I am proud of the color of my skin

Being in this bipolar country is torture

Being afraid of going out because I am different

Isn't the life I chose to have

They like our culture but not us

They say we steal their jobs

But we do the jobs they don't want

Yet so many are deported back

Children go missing in the detention centers

Yet nobody talks about it

It gets covered up by the media

And we're back to the "Mexicans are drug addicts"

They fail to realize many only want to be happy

And work hard for their families

But none of that matters

Because we are only insects in their eyes

Only whites get treated like humans

If this is what America stands for

Then America was never great

I'd rather go back to my country

And live free without any fear

Because nothing is better than feeling safe

And feeling loved

I am a proud Mexican

And I wouldn't have it any other way

Express your own culture no matter what other people say

Some only talk

While others hate full of jealousy

Be proud of who you are

And never forget where you come from

Because that's what makes you, you

Stay safe and strong

And forever be loved

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