Lamentations of a Poet

Lamentations of a Poet what has happened to this country i’ve known to be full of hope and peace and love? what has happened to this nation i’ve waken up to a people who fight for freedom and justice? i cringe with what i now see... a bloody arena, a killing field a hammock of corpses blood smearing the highways... is this the change my children anticipate to feel? is this the change my grandchildren look forward to? if change would claim lives and would spew the streets with so much bitterness and painful howling,then, i shake my head to this and say, “this is no better change , but the worst i’m afraid it’ll be” God, look upon this country, i plea!