What is to be expected of us?
We’re told anyone can be a success and then watch as a chosen few reap rewards.
We’re told to save for a rainy day as a national debt reaches numbers few can even understand.
We’re told to be humane and then watch as heinous inhumanities are performed in our name.
We’re told we are free and then watch them work to take our freedoms away.
We’re taught to revere those that fight for us and then watch them disrespect our veterans and soldiers.
We’re told our Constitution is one of the great documents in history and then watch many decry it as a nuisance.
We’re told we have privacy even as it becomes crystal clear that they are watching us.
We are taught to be honest while under a deluge of lies.
We are taught to be proud citizens as they show anger that we want to know what they are doing.
We are taught we are the greatest nation on the planet even as the planet looks at us more and more with revulsion.
We are taught to respect the law even though they don’t.
We are American citizens. What is to be expected of us?
–WKW