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By Jan Pearce || Poem Categories

I'll Take America country as flag

We have our faults and failings;
Our mistakes are quite a few.
Our demigods have disappointed us
And left society askew.
We've cleaned up some injustices
And created as many more
To found a sustainable independence
who many might deplore.
We've poked our nose in skirmishes
When innocents cried out in pain
Which sometimes found us more wrong than right,
Yet we'd do it all again.
We don't stand idle to injustice,
At least not for very long
Especially when the battle
Is the weak against the strong.
You see, we are the doers -
Defending those with lesser fights,
So that they have the privilege of
protest as their God given right.
Our forefathers fought and died
For the privileges of a few,
So that they might enjoy the freedoms
That they persistently pursue.
There is no other nation under God
Who grants more liberties
And swings open its doors in welcome relief
To those who demand to be free.
So, we ask for an appreciation
Of where one man's rights may end,
So as to not infringe on another's
Where they may lawfully begin.
For you have choices, as do we,
To stay or go from these hallowed shores
And pursue the unfulfilled dreams
That you may wish to explore.
But I'll take America with all her faults
And all she has yet to discern
Just because I know she is trying
To master the lessons she has yet to learn.

By Jan Pearce
Copyright 2017
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August 23, 2017
 

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