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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Transitions Since the year Seventeen eighty-nine When George Washington was sworn in There was the promise of America That was finally, about to begin. Wise men wrote our Constitution And declared, our Independence They said, all people were equal With those words, not given license. We were a young, fledgling Nation Trying to figure the right way To control our new Democracy Which, we still struggle with, today. We opened wide, freedom’s door And asked all oppressed to come But still, we had so many things Which were unfinished, left undone. The Women, who were our backbone Were not allowed a say, to vote Relegated to the home and kids With no rights, a sad, historic note. Not until, Nineteen and twenty Did they finally win the fight To that promise from America Where we claimed, all, had that right. We allowed people to own people And turned a blind eye, to that blight And it took our terrible, Civil War To make us, finally, see the light. Those freed by Lincoln’s Proclamations In Eighteen sixty-two and sixty-three Soon learned, freedom was a state of mind And found, they still weren’t, truly, free. The States still had their own laws And many said, there was no way To allow Blacks in the voting booth To register, or to have their say. Forty-five years after the Women There was finally Federal legislation That guaranteed all would have a voice As to who, and how we ran our Nation. Equal Rights for all Americans Is still an imperfect, process Sometimes, it seems we backtrack As the rich get more, the poor get less. We now have a Black Man running And a Woman, for number two Some said, it would never happen But, change, is what Americans do. This Great Experiment of Democracy Has surely come, a long, long, way But, if we don’t protect those Freedoms We can’t afford the price, we’ll pay. Our Country is at a crossroads And only History books, will tell If we had the will, up to the task And, if we really, did it, well! It’s an honor and our solemn duty To cast our vote for our belief And party lines aren’t always true And may cause us pain and grief. Our two party system worked awhile But, has caused so much division Not always, the best for the People And, it’s time for some, revision. Vote, for what, you know is right Even, if some say you’re wrong Like it was, in our beginning When we were young, proud, and strong. Either way, we will make, history With the election, in November Let’s hope we make the right choice On a day, we will, want, to remember. 08.31.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
"Our Country is at a crossroads And only History books, will tell If we had the will, up to the task And, if we really, did it, well!"... precisely! well said/finely writ!! [my ancestors would assuredly agree!]... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
A timely write, Abe. |
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