I wrote this poem what seems like a million years ago, but as I follow the news here in the U.S. it seems particularly relevant and timely despite how sad that makes me so I decided to share it here on my blog.

America

by TJ Hapney

Flags of dishonesty flap in the breeze.

America is dying!

This once great lady is drowning,

Politics is big business,

And no one knows how to stop the flood.

Basic freedoms are lost at every turn,

And hate fills the hearts of men.

America is dying!

Our forefathers would not have lived

In this country today;

Taxation and oppression,

Would drive them to revolution.

Where do we go from here?

Can anyone curb the tide?

America is dying!

Tomorrow you may wake,

To find the hand of dynamic ineffectualism

Knocking at your door.

Do not whine and cry,

When the freedom you once had is gone.

Not, if you have sat there,

Accepting each new constraint,

Never uttering a word.

America is dying!