Forced choice

I have two parents father and mother, I'll never have another, two countries of birth

Born with no voice as to which parents I had no choice, child of two different parts of earth

Asked which I love and which from me to shove, no child can make that choice  

In childhood egence, to both I have allegiance, two tongues that have one voice

Although grown, both I own, though foster parents did carry me away

One of nature's creations a child of two nations, with both I wish to stay

Forced to choose all sides loose, unalienable rights not to be taken away

Countries of amity wed by humanity, are joined in a world family today

Author's Note

This is in response to the Exclusive Citizenship Act 2025 before congress forcing all dual citizens to choose and either renounce US citizenship or their other citizenship

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

We should never be forced to choose sides when it comes to blood relatives...but these days that happens much too often...it just does. This one tore me in two.
j.

[Soren]

Thanks so much Jacob for the read and comment. We live in a connected world that has shrunk by technology of communication and travel yet we still think in borders.