' America, America ' by Thaddeus Hutyra

America, America
God’s Garden of Eden
cherishing freedoms
as shown in the first ten amendments
of American constitution
called collectively the Bill of Rights

America, America
land of the Founding Fathers
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams ...
Land of great men gone too soon
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King

America, America
an example of heroic country
at peace and war
Land of dramas
as those of the Kennedy tragedies
commonly known as the Kennedy curse

America, America
wounded America
in the nine eleventh
Although WTC twin towers are gone
the Freedom Tower
stands there triumphantly

America, America
the flower of humanity
rising high into the starry skies
Land of the Space Shuttle
Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger,
Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour

America, America
soul of a great nation
of people from all corners of the world
dynamic
still searching
and rising like an immortal Phoenix

America, America
don’t let your heart and soul
be poisoned by those
who wish you bad luck
Show the mankind
the right path towards the stars