Ashamed on the 4th of July

I’m ashamed to be an American
on the Fourth of July because
my country no longer bears the standard
of freedom and civil rights.

We are no longer the benevolent superpower
that shares our wisdom and wealth
but have turned into the embodiment
of those evil forces we once battled.

We are now the imperialist aggressor
spreading our beliefs with the sword
and the bullying oppressor
using force to get our way.

We are the terrorist nation
that kills and tortures all who resist
and uses indiscriminate weapons of war to gain
control of the world’s resources.

I am ashamed to be an American
on the Fourth of July,
because my country no longer espouses
the values it celebrates on this day.