I am sad to see the nation divided through politics.
For Unity in Our Nation
Please leave the narratives
To my fellow writers.
Please do your job
As the constitution prescribes it
And create the atmosphere
Of unity, and not that of a split nation.
Please, do not create new words
In the political lexicon.
We can hardly follow
The ones we already have.
Please do not forget
That the American people
Is also made up of immigrants like myself,
Who have never taken English classes,
As we first had to create jobs
For those who were not able to.
As a French citizen
I came in the United States
To create a business and jobs,
With the same ideal and enthusiasm
As Le Marquis de La Fayette
And Le Comte de Rochambeau.
I love America as I knew it,
As one united, strong and
Determined Nation,
As I saw your brave soldiers in World War II
Falling and wounded –
Not as Democrats or as Republicans
Not as black or white.
They were all brave and courageous.
They fought as Americans and won.
Do not forget that just in World War II,
Many soldiers lost their lives in Europe and Asia
To protect our values
Are we One people or not?
With all due respect,
I don’t like to see
This nation divided
Along party lines.
Thank you so much- I agree 100%. I am a registered independent for just the reasons you stated above. Great poem, Emile, I will save it for sure. Hope you are well, my friend. Blessings, Michelle
Dear Anthony, thank you for your review, but please don't misunderstand me. I wrote:"Who have never taken English classes," but I picked-up the language through my business. Believe me, when I spoke, everyone understood my languge as I spoke business. I still have the hope that one day I will have time to go to school again. Love Emile
Emile I wish this nation could be united, what will it take? A thought provoking pen. I too feel that speaking English should be required for someone who wants the benefits of living in America. You are an ambitious man, so you learned it on your own but many now will never learn it because they feel they don't have to.
Emile, if you go to live in Japan you will go nowhere there if you don't speak Japanese, or China, or...
An immigrant can't expect that a country will accommodate all its need without reservation, like learning the language, respecting its laws, have an honest workday...
Hello Emile, the one thing I disagree with you is about speaking english. People from other lands have to at least make an attempt to learn this country's language. My Father came to this country from Italy at 22. He strived to learn our language. And he did. I cannot fathom how someone cannot speak english and try to earn a living. How can anyone speak another tongue and claim to be an American? Just my thoughts anyhow. Your writing was well crafted and certainly thought provoking.
GOD BLESS
Tony
Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)
Reviewed on December 7, 2009
I don't either. The left-right system is a false-divide. We can only be effective if we come together as one. No time to bicker. But we do need to get mad (with one voice) at the true enemy within.
This is a political treatise that deals with the China issue from a completely new perspective. Disparaging as he may sound, from page to page, toward "the old system" and the Communist Party's various wiles, the author demonstrates his mysteriously
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An immigrant can't expect that a country will accommodate all its need without reservation, like learning the language, respecting its laws, have an honest workday...
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GOD BLESS
Tony
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God bless.