The Missing Cog
As one we are Americans
Individually we shape America
We bleed red
We feel blue
And our white bones break under similar burdens
Time has taught that
Individually we cannot see
How wonderful we are collectively
So we divide ourselves
And subdivide others
Humanity becomes irrelevant
As the squabbling children
Cry, bite, and tear
At the already straining seams
Of our nationality
Arms pinwheeling
As we fall backwards into
Historical bad habits
They cry out surprised
Landing on their fellows
The masses have forgotten
That they all were once
Tired, poor, and hungry
Searching for hope
And found a home here
My heart beats to the drum of defiance
Pumping lifeblood
As my eyes behold national conflicts
That my brain tells me are natural
But I just want to scream
Unbiased observance is the key cog
To the clock of unity