Coat of many colors

Thanksgiving

Why American

They stayed the night in the early forties  

Using my bed while I slept with mum 'n dad

Soldiers in uniform

The first black people I'd ever seen

It felt the same to touch

and they laughed when I did

I hope they made it through the war

VE day was a bring out the chairs and tables feast of  joy

The blitz nightmares stopped in my teens

I joined the USNavy right after high school

Payback's a b***h

am now a citizen by choice 

This is still America

Just harder to see

Thanks Yanks

Reviews

[Valentine]

My dad was spared that war as he was working in a plant that made things for the Military. He tried to enlist but had 5 children at that time. More of us came later. Across the Pond, things were very bad. My Grandmother was a German Jew and many of her family did not make it through the war. Be thankful you did. Welcome to America. Kathie

[Steph]

I really like this poem! It all flows so nicely and it was really easy to read, you have an amazing talent.

[Corset]

This is still America, yeah, a prodigal son where just about anything goes except it's inhabitants that are out there are all wanting to go home, (not in a body bag) and can't. funny thing when I lived in Texas all I wanted to do was get away from the heat, once I was out where it rained all I wanted was to go back to the dust, lol, humans can never just be content, we have to find the low road to appreciate the high one even though the destiny is still the same. America the beautiful, I think that refers more to the land than the idea of freedom that people have died for.