Spectacle Illusion

Valerie Vaughn

Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania

USA

 

Manipulations and lies
made to believe in the land
of the free plentiful
proceeds entice the masses
come to the land of promise
our cultural identities altered evermore
as our feet manoeuvred the shores
of our unspoiled new world.
Generation’s progressions
the advancement of open eyes
empty promises
an illusion of freedom
witness to a country in disarray
disharmonious struggle
a race between the wars
regional political party lines impenetrable
formations in a nation
divided inharmonious
unions take rise.
Halt the erosion of our pride
time to conquer the divide
oust the spectacle illusion
reacquire our vanguard names.

Bio: Valerie Vaughn is a perceptive poet and writer living a happy life in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania. A native of central Pennsylvania, she received her BA in History from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia.