Patriot
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Today is the worst day.
I knew it would be.
My last goodbye to you
Was yesterday
And I look back
To see what I missed
A call, a text, a post
Should I have
Called you, texted, replied?
We didn't start the fire,
That's what they say.
And each generation,
Must suffer and pay.
Don't ruin the country,
I love or behold!
Ruin, decay, destruction...
Never will I waver,
From love of this land,
Never will I fail,
To stay and stand,
Shouting with a great voice unto all:
"This land, God's joy!
Justice for all."
A fallen flag can't stop me from falling for you.Even after all the discrimination and racism I still find myself proud to be called an American.
If America was a person
She would tell us
many things
We are not deserving of what this counrty brings
black,white,copper skinned
It is land, a land with laws
She would ask why we argue
I was made in America.
My grandfather is a veteran.
My father black.
My mother white.
I am from a bloodline of freedom fighters.
I was packaged,
This country
is my home
but what it stands for
I don't always agree with
I don't like what happened
to Mike Brown's case
or how they handled
anyone who hates that race
Oh, say, can you see
the tears on my face
as I watch my country burn
in the dawn’s early light?
As people filled with malicious pride
“Psst! Psst! Have you heard?
He has just bought a new car.
And his wife, she is so beautiful!
How did he manage that?
He must have visited the witchdoctor.”
I am America, and I am the greatest country on Earth
I take pride in my journey, destined for power since birth
Like a mosaic, I am made of many stones and pieces
Together as one, the American spirit never ceases
Violating laws
Upsetting age-old customs
Freedom calls
Tyrants shake with rage
Demanding death or capture
A life in exile
But we must prosper
This for our children’s children
I was born in Maoming
to the sounds of sirens and in the midst of yellow smoke,
I’d imagine.
I was blessed.
I could have died nine minutes into my life.
Or before I took in my first polluted breath.
A boy
A Patriot
A boy loves
A Patriot
A boy finds himself
A Patriot
A boy loves his country
A Patriot
A boy lives for his neighbors
A Patriot
