Poems about Politics

I.               January Do you want to know what it’s like to be introverted?
2016 was a hell of a year.
there they come again with their shiny cars and newly found fame again its me they wanna tame
The land of the brave The land of the free Our voices are loud and bold
Can you see fire in an empty cave?    For all its dwellers now swarm  My home, gun-ho towards
I used to think America was great, But now, not so much.
"Why do we even have scholarships for minorities?" You know, you're right
Said he would make it great again Too bad it was just pretend Where once they were welcomed, they now flee
As a little girl coming from South America to this new country,
On the day of that fateful election day  One single decision conceived rewrote our country's destiny 

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