{"sf1_id":1913449,"sf2_id":"r17gMxk1","title":"Unraveling This Historical Perpetual Work in Progress","author":"Apolarbear17","words":358,"posted_at":"2022-10-30T02:14:00.000Z","tags":["America Atrocities","Conflicted Feelings","For 4th of July","Heavy Subjects","Holiday","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1913449-unraveling-this-historical-perpetual-work-in-progress","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/r17gMxk1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/56/5d/565ddc5b-f316-4e72-807b-d2338a1941d8","description":"Continuing with the backlog here's a poem that was made for the 4th of July over a year ago. A bit jarring I know considering my previous post and how late we are in the year but I want to keep things in order so here it is. Hope it's a good read. Originally posted July 2021.","content":"Unraveling this Historical Perpetual Work in Progress\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n\nThe history of America is a complicated one and is fraught with so much pain\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's unreal just how much of our history has been revealed to be full of strife and is bloodstained\u0026nbsp;\n\nOf course there are plenty who have always known this to be true\u0026nbsp;\n\nThose who had their homelands forcefully stolen from them, the descendants of those enslaved\u0026nbsp;\n\nPeople who came from far away hoping for better only to be used as scapegoats and cheap labor after the hell of travel they had to go through\u0026nbsp;\n\nI could go more into the specifics because despite what our anthem claims we cower a lot from our history for a land of the brave\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere's so much horrible historical baggage to unload that only grew and grew\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt continues to grow as atrocities just continue building and people continue to suffer and die\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere's a lot to tarnish any feelings of pride for this country from which we can no longer hide\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere's also a lot of incredible people who do try to make the country better as best they can\u0026nbsp;\n\nPlenty of people don't have a lot but still try to give aid and help their fellow man\n\nThere's also plenty of good happening now too if you look beyond the sensationalism and fear\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's just that there's too many people who profit off misery\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo they try to make it look like nothing good is capable of happening here\u0026nbsp;\n\nOf course there is also plenty of terrible things that the media and our schools pretend to miss\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut there's also hope for a better country and good people here who shouldn't just be dismissed\u0026nbsp;\n\nI get it's hard to separate the good from the bad when things feel like they're only getting worse\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd then there's the blind \"patriotism\" which makes any support for the country feel tainted and cursed\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo it's understandable really if you don't feel like celebrating considering all the baggage that comes with merely being American today\u0026nbsp;\n\nStill I hope you regardless had a nice 4th of July that day\u0026nbsp;   \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}