We spend our days as a country divided--so many different groups and factions and clusters
So much so that the melting pot of America has lost it’s glow, it’s allure, it’s luster.
Our country was founded on the concept of freedom; it is at our core...our very heart.
Yet this freedom to be different keeps pushing us further and further apart.
Democrats, Republicans, Christians, Protestants, Yes to guns, no to guns, Straights and Gays.
Black and White, Rich and Poor--we’re becoming as different as night and day.
This in itself is not a problem, our differences make the world a more interesting place
The problem arises when these differences in others we fail in ourselves to embrace.
Then America becomes a country we call the land of the brave and the free
Only as long as everyone in America thinks and acts just like me.
As I watched the World Cup Soccer matches and fireworks on the 4th of July
I couldn’t help thinking for a little while at least America was unified.
Americans watched our soccer team, Americans celebrated Independence Day
There are moments every now and when we celebrate America the old fashioned way.
One country, one people, one America united for a moment in our beliefs and our views
Americans celebrating America--Americans when we win or we lose.
Tomorrow we go back to being an America divided, me being me; you being you.
I only wish that united feeling would last...longer than a moment or two.
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