July 4, 2015
Flags and bunting line the streets
of small town USA
We celebrate what we think it means
to be American
We know all about the american dream,
Right?
Work hard enough and you can do anything.
Unless you are a woman,
then you can only go so far
Pull yourself up by your boot straps
and become anything you set your mind to!
Unless you don’t habla ingles,
then your botas are too deep,
deep down in the soil,
and your hands too full,
too full of our vegetables
to be pulling up boot straps.
And what if your skin
is just a little too dark?
Where is your dream?
Is it relegated to music and ball,
or do you get a piece of apple pie?
Do you get to dream about
wide open spaces
or do others try and make sure
you may never get out of the projects?
Can our children truly dream big dreams?
We tell them yes,
But we lie.
We lie because we can’t even see the truth anymore.
Maybe its time to change the dream.
How about we look over,
away from our own boot straps,
and look at the man on the street
next to our boots.
What if our culture of
Me
turned into a culture of
We
Could you do with less,
so we could have more?
Or do you need that apple pie
all for yourself?
Couldn’t you have a bite,
and it still taste just as sweet?
Maybe we could wrap the cold and tired in our flags
and hold the hands of the lonely and forgotten
through the fireworks.
Lets celebrate our nation by praying for the day
When won’t need a dream to hide behind.
December 17, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Wow.
Was this inspired by Kingdom House?
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January 6, 2016 at 7:24 pm
It was written before we went, but its mostly inspired by my life experiences and people I’ve known.
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