My fingertips strain, lift the window edges;

I peer beyond the roses, past the hedges:

I see America.

 

Liberty is ghostly white, she bleeds red, she cries blue. 

Millions of souls with none to look to-

And I see America.

 

A fallen pedestal of beautiful ideals,

A proud nation crumbles and kneels,

Skyscrapers ache to pierce heavenly skies,

We trample broken souls and are deaf to their cries.

I see America.

 

A contorted tangle of asphault and glass,

Piles of concrete conquer the oceans and grass...

 

And yet...

 

Through the cracks of the sidewalk grows a single blue iris,

Weaving through destruction, ignoring the virus. 

It stands firmly still, unshaken, unstirred, 

Growing hopefully where it should be absurd. 

 

And in this tiny but resolute faith,

I see America.