We Have Forgotten

We Have Forgotten By Franklin Price 11/7/2015 We have forgotten what made this nation The independence declaration The revolution of our founders All of this is now what flounders The Constitution law of the land The guiding light on which we stand Contorted twisted adding seasoning To stir the pot without much reasoning Through trying times ancestors went To war our soldiers often sent Shed their blood for you and me Because of them we still are free Secession brought us civil war Independence we were fighting for But not for one or selfish few But for all... that thought renew We made it through so many died For years in sorrow this country cried To remind ourselves of why that mess Just read the Gettysburg Address World War Two changed who we are Until then we viewed the World afar Forced there to participate Our choices since have sealed our fate Our power then and who we were Won the war and did confer The concept of a freedom right For the whole world who fought the fight Somehow from that we did surmise That all should live as us.. surprise! Where is that freedom we purport The world's not ours to force/support Need to review what made us work The concept planned was not a quirk There now is stench and much is rotten What made us great we have forgotten