I'm in a country...

I'm in a country that recently allowed

Marriage for humans

Without discriminating lovers

Based on what sex they belong to

I'm in a country where two men

Or two women

Can hold hands, can kiss

Without having to hide behind locked doors

I'm in a country that was once known as the

Land of opportunity

And people from all these other countries

Called it home

I'm in a country where

The natives are a minority

A minority that is slowly being forgotten

To the convenience of immigrants

I'm in a country where one has the right to own a firearm

Something that in my country

Only men of the armed or security forces

Carry with them

I'm in a country where the word terrorist

Is used synonymously with Muslim

While mentally unstable is reserved for killers

Of 'pure' American blood

I'm in a country where presidential candidates

Shout at each other

Without addressing real problems

Faced by the voters

I'm in a country where the news is full of death

A young singer was killed

There was a massive shooting at a club

A child became an alligator's meal

I'm in a country where they wanted proof

That I will return to my own country

A country criticized by these very people

Once my holiday had come to an end

I'm in a country where people want to know

Why I wouldn't want to live here forever

And I'm tempted to tell them to watch the news

And ask me again why on earth I would want to live here

I'm in a country where I've been for a few weeks

A country I have fallen in love with

For its beautiful houses and nice people

A county I will be leaving in a few hours time

I'm in a country that has given me

Plenty of reasons to smile

People who have spoken to me kindly

Family that has been so full of love

I'm in a country that isn't home

And that can never be home

A country that is so strange

And so foreign to me

I'm in a country that made me realize

Just how lucky I am

To not have been born here

To not be one of them

I'm in a country that made me realize

Just how thankful I should be

For the little island that is serendipity

The little island that is home