Where Courage Resides
Blind allegiance to a person or cause
no rhyme or reason to back it up
A people devoid of sense or principles
sets the stage for chaos and anarchy
A broken society ripe for the picking
tyranny and dictatorship love it to death
Constricting freedoms for the greater good,
only serving to choke our vital airflow
We shrivel and wither to torpid gray
a visage belonging to dead men walking
We claim no blindness, only rose-tinted lenses;
is that why we can’t see we are slowly dying?
Take off the shades, shed the scaled skin,
look closely at reality and decide to live again
Notice the chains, the tightening noose,
before the chance to act is past all reckoning
Democracy is easily lost, but not so easily found
once slid into dim disarray, hope is all but gone
If a nation desires to return to her roots,
she must search within, where courage resides
Liberty is a privilege, freedom a gift
but is only secured by a unified force
Patriotism is a virtue, love of country admirable
but only when seasoned by humankindness.
Though divided, we are not doomed
the gap is bridgeable by mutally reaching hands
Our latent life force lying fallow as yet,
will spring to life again under a gentle touch
Healing wounds, fighting injustices,
our past not forgotten, yet mercifully forgiven
Take courage, light the torches,
as we open our hearts to be joined again
Hand in hand, we march through the dark
looking ahead to brighter days
Where future generations bask in the sunlight
of our indivisible nation, liberty and justice for all.