Friday, July 1, 2016

Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

Learning to Love America


"because it has no pure products

because the Pacific Ocean sweeps along the coastline
because the water of the ocean is cold
and because land is better than ocean...

I chose this particular poem in honor of Independence Day because this poet and I have some things in common.  Sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.  For people who were not born in this country but are naturalized citizens, I think depending on where you came from, you had to make a choice to come here, to be here.  However that being said changes happen to countries.  And not always for the good.  Makes you think...