What Is America?A Poem by Reyna Malone
America isn't purple mountains and prairies
It isn't 1930's New York City It's not marble columns and domes It isn't crazy politicians and gridlock in Washington And it certainly isn't Red, White, and Blue. Australia, Russia, Slovakia, and Great Britain are all red, white, and blue. Heck, they're the exact same shades of red, white, and blue America is freedom America is tolerance America is acceptance America is about taking your traditions And mixing them with the traditions of people around you America is about saying what we want to And not what someone else wants us to America is about letting the people take the reigns. "We the people" It's the first line of the constitution It's why we have memorials, marble columns, and congress It's why people died fighting for it Don't forget it America is an ideal Not a place Not a person Not an object America is as beautiful As we choose to make it what do you want it to look like? © 2016 Reyna MaloneReviews
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StatsAuthorReyna MaloneSpringfieldAboutSomedays I think that existance itself is a complete paradox. more..Writing
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