Notes About The Poem

The Constitution was written for all the citizens of the United States of America. We the people must work together, within its boundaries, to make our country, once again, what its founders saw it to be; the home of the brave and the free.

I Am Not Proud

I  Am Not Proud
By Franklin Price
07/02/2020

I am not proud, what can I say,
When I look at the U.S.A.
And what we've done to it today
It makes me want to run away

And I could go, for I am free
That's what my country's done for me
I have the choice to stay or flee
But if I went who would I be

I could not look you face to face
No matter your belief or race
So I will stay and by God's grace
Help make again a better place

Our founding fathers made the call
Together they would rise or fall
By revolution, had the gall
To make this country for us all 

We must participate, not flee
For freedom is not ever free
Must work together, you and me
To find a place we most agree

Must come together for this land
Not be apart, but hand in hand
That's not so hard to understand
To do it would be, oh so, grand

Black is black and white is white
Together we must join the fight
To get us through another night
And back again to freedom's light

Can demonstrate and hold our ground
Lawlessness should not abound
Though it is part of freedom's sound
No need to have it hang around

The Constitution shows the way
As citizens, we have a say
So let us stop these games we play
Before we end the U.S.A.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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July 2, 2020 at 6:35 AM
The hope for a better future for all is within reach when the mindless minority yield to change for the better good. Great write adding to the softer tones of hope.
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July 4, 2020 at 8:44 AM
Thank you Reggae. There is still hope but everyone, who cares, needs to work together to represent the majority of the people of all of the USA. We should not follow those who would destroy us. How do we do that when the media concentrates on the trouble makers.
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