United?

We all want joy
We all want peace
So why are we at each other's throats worrying about his needs?
What land is this that we can't see past the color of his skin
The money or lack there of
The way they speak
Or what country she's from?

We all have feelings
We all want love
We all have families
So why are we destroying his?

We are in guerrilla warfare
Ruthlessly bombing land that isn't ours
People are kissing their loved ones away as they fight to live in their last hours
There's too much pain and hate...guilt
Honor that needs to be won by killing
When true integrity starts with forgiving
We've forgotten what it's like to be united, to live the American Dream
Honestly, why can't we mend and let go?
It's not in our nature to be so heartless and mean

I want to say I'm American and proud
But living in this decade that phrase doesn't seem so sound