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Weixiaobao's avatar

Tell me, Motherland,

should I support my brothers and sisters

simply because they come from you,

even when I believe they are wrong?

Should I set reason aside

to support and defend

the reckless actions

of my own people?

Would it be a betrayal of you

if I became friends with others

Mikey Forbes's avatar

I can relate to this not in the context the poet has it but almost similar. Great work.

Odel Asseille's avatar

Thank you Mikey ! I’m glad you can relate to it in some ways

Gary L Taylor's avatar

Wonderfully written, Odel.

Odel Asseille's avatar

Thank you very much, Gary

Weixiaobao's avatar

Let me