TO BE AN AMERICAN

copyrighted 2007 by Dr. James E.Martin

To be an American is something grand,

As witnessed from a distant land.

The quality of life we enjoy here,

Is surely something that we should hold dear.

Many complain within these doors,

Who have never traveled to distant shores.

They have never seen the poverty and pain,

As in so many places misery reigns.

If life is so horrible in this place,

Why do so many to these shores race?

Is it as bad as is commonly reported?

Or have some carelessly, the facts distorted?

From one who has been privileged to many places see,

There is no place on earth I would rather be.

These blessings on which we have grown to depend,

I trust that we all will eagerly defend.