Mommy Why Does My Country Bleed
My daughter asked me today
Why did my daddy go away
I had to hold my tears
It was hard to see that my husband had missed so many years
His little girl was now in front of me asking for her dad
God help me what can I say that won’t make her mad
Your daddy had to go be a superhero like on tv
That’s why he’s not here with you or me
He is out fighting the evil forces that would try to hurt us
Don’t worry he will be back soon in that you can thrust
Mommy you sound like what my teacher in school said to me
She said America is the land of thrust and home of the free
I hugged my little girl and off to eat dinner we went
I was hoping that her moment was over and she had nothing left to vent
But once more she turned to me and ask
Mommy why does everybody look so sad
I saw on TV all the people began to bleed
I stop and said hunnie what do you mean
She said their eyes are bleeding
As I turned to look at what she was seeing
I realized my daughter was referring to tears
Is this what you mean hunnie is this part of your fears
Yes mommy their eyes all bleed
At that moment I realized what America had us see
My daughter thought tears were blood and that scares me
She sees everyone cry over the lost souls of this war
I cannot believe this country has taken it this far
Mommy the kids in school say that’s where daddy was seen
Mommy I don’t want to be part of the people in the country that bleeds
By Anexis/Angel Blood Money Poet
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