Still America

Still America

By CBoterweg

This is still the place that I call home.

I rode to town today, I met no highwaymen

wanting to rob or beat me. No one waits behind

a tree to do me harm because of my ethnicity,

gender or age.

It's still here where I want to be.

People still want to exchange their birthplace for

mine.  Americans do not gather in front of foreign

embassieswaiting for their chance to experience

freedom.

It's only in America where I can expect a square deal,

sealed by nothing more than a hand shake and a smile.

While not everything or everybody is equal, we

try hard to make it so. Our law actively supports us.

In America people still believe in a dream

that if you work hard and treat others as you

want them to treat you, something special

happens. You can be successful, a winner!

America still believes in God. That Jesus is

His son and the Holy Spirit resides inside us.

But if you don't believe this way, you can

still be an American and worship your way.

America still wants everyone in the world

to be healthy and fulfilled. When bad things

happen, an earthquake in Haiti, a tsunami in

Malaysia, tornadoes in Alabama, we offer help.

America still wants peace. 

Admittedly, inour rush to help the downtrodden,

sometimes we step where we don't belong or aren't

wanted.

We are working hard to make our bad, good.

So, you can still count on America: to pay our

debts, to fulfill our promises, to make things

right, And if we don't have room right now for

you to be an American, you can still dream the

dream for your children and their children.