Dear USA: When You Were Awesome. A letter to America from the boy in western Sydney who was once your biggest fan [View all]

[Amaryllis]

https://ifloz.substack.com/p/dear-usa-when-you-were-awesome

I had a really hard time picking out 4 paragraphs. Trust me; just read the whole thing. But have tissues handy because you will need them.

I have posted the end rather than the beginning: .

"But the boy is a man now. And the man is sad. And the country he grew up loving is gone.

We will love what you used to be for as long as we can remember it. And we will mourn what you’ve become for the rest of our lives.

And when you come back to us, if you come back to us, we will be here. Heartbroken. Tired. Older. But still your mates. Because in the end, that is what we are.

We just need you to come back. We miss you."