American Way

AMERICAN WAY

It takes a lot to admit to a wrong
But sometimes it’s harder
To fix it and get along

With those who were treated
With such disgrace
Why are we here

Why didn’t they stay?

We do all we can
And we say what we will
We take over a land
That not even my son will know

For as we get older
And some of us wiser
We soon begin to realize
A price so much higher

Higher than the cost
Or gas or a cell phone

It is of truth justice
And a spiritual way

I think America is lost
But return it just may
And we will rekindle
The fires once lit

The human race as a whole
Will rise amid better judgment

©Copyright May 25, 2007 by Danielle N. Calhoun