By Todd McCormick
Submitted by Indefensible Sushi
Date: 2003 Mar 20
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I Love America

I love America for the freedom it allows me to
Share with others when expressing ourselves in
So many special ways which brings harmony through the
Haven of comforting and encouraging each other.

I love the American people who open their eyes and
Their hearts with compassion, providing sanctuary,
To those who are less fortunate or in pain,
With a pureness that brings our souls together.

I love the passion in America when walking down the street
Or in the park seeing people who are so expressive and full of life
Until we leave this temporary world and journey through
A quick step into the nothingness that stretches forever.

Loving America is perpetually an affair of now and the future.
There is a special exquisiteness in the hope, belief and
Faith, as you know more, that this love is with others too.
Then being in America brings a wonderful joy for tomorrow.

These perceptions are from inspirations that came to our ancestors
Who pioneered their way out from under the dark shroud of suppression
Traversing new grounds carefully ensuring they lay foundations
Where the next generations would find freedom in America.

Our wishes of tenderness to carry us through more eras of
Peace and kindness are conceivable anticipations in America.
Many amongst us believe we can enjoy an atmosphere of
Such considerate dimensions as simply and reasonably as breathing.

Our thoughts and affections come from being at home
In America where we can openly pass along these thoughts
Of moments in time where we all belong as individuals
To a higher ideal, especially, when we contribute in a loving way.

Come and let us feel free to be a part of a grander scale
To making the world a better place so we can say to
Ourselves, or each other, it is with freedom of choice that
I do not need to be some part of this effort but that I like to.

Let us encourage one the other with such assurances of acceptance
Of our differences as gently as carrying each other's babes in arms,
With the ever shining light before us that we may see the way through to a
Better life for all who care to enjoy their time together or alone.

We should have this choice as a matter of natural course.
As a river must be allowed to flow and carry its nourishment
Through us, bearing with it the seeds of understanding and
Wisdom, to know when the time has come to lift ourselves higher.

That time is always now upon us dear ones, kindred and souls.
It always has been, nothing changes it just rearranges.
We are, if we wish it so, beyond time which easily translates to chaos.
Let us again transcend the primordial fears of those in darkness.

Let us continue as we always have to maintain the vigil
So that darkness shrouds us not and we conversely share
The light which brightens the day and turns the sky to blue
From ashen colors that breeds harm's evil ways.

This is our calling, in the love of freedom, to show our hands by
Holding them open with gifts of words in music, to quell the
Disturbed ones who sleep not while conspiring the conquest of
All mankind beyond the realm of decency and compassion.

A thriving challenge is to bring knowledge to those who
Refuse to grow in any other way other than surmising that
Quantity of materialism is far better than quantity of love
And thus they become a blight on human dignity.

I love America and know without America those dark periods in history
Can too easily surface and destroy the tenderness of being in
Each other's arms. We must cast aside these visions of sadness
Which our enemies believe gives them the freedom to persecute.

Let us be strong in not playing games with words. Let us keep
On maintaining our values of words with gentle tolerances to
Figures of speech because we all know what we mean when it is said,
"Get me a hamburger and step on it." (or) "I feel like a piece of chocolate."

Let us be strong in America to persist with resisting those
Poor uninformed robotic units that fear the idea that they truly
Do have a soul, which makes each one of them flee from the thought
Of being in touch with themself on any level other than materialistic.

We too must overcome the fear that we will be abused.
This sounds simple but is not easy, says you who read these words,
Which seem to say they are no different than what is on every
page in every book in the world. Words, words, words.

With loving words we will win empty vassals to become individuals
With hearts that awake and find that there is a whole world
Of us who love America as we continue to welcome all who wish to
Join into the merriment of being in the greatest country in the world.

Let us lift our eyes to the blue skies and give thanks
That more of us are coming along this road and taking
Or making the time to share our thoughts of encouraging
Each other so that America may continue to be loved.

I Love America.