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American Freedom

When Europeans first crossed the mighty, dangerous seas,

exploring the Americas seeking wealth and lifestyle ease,

they encountered strange "savages" and were pleased.

With vast lands to conquer with resources galore,

explorers claimed the land for their kingdoms' more,

in a competition for new discoveries with greed at the core.

Settlements were necessary to manage resource harvest,

needing people to do the hard work of civilizing the rest.

Needing to make the land and its people become their best.

So many in Europe suffered from religious driven pain,

they saw the New World, as a way to escape and gain,

a way to worship and to live as they wanted without blame.

But these people did not come without arrogance of their own,

seeking out a place of comfort far away from eyes of scorn.

The kind of cults from which new religions are often born.

Taking the lands westward and driving savages into flight.

European immigrants drove their lessors into a long night.

Looked down upon and treated like scum with no right.

The declaration of freedom gave the downtrodden no hope.

Taking a great civil war and proclamation to untie that rope.

Around so many necks with false blame and evil trope.

Spreading freedom's idea around the world one way,

while denying freedom to all minorities to this very day.

Means that cowboy freedom comes with continual fray. 

Spoiling the wonder of freedom for all to have and hold.

With rich evil men in control and still falsely so bold,

to think that even women are theirs, bought and sold.

False kind of freedom that is not really freedom for all.

Everyone growing up to that thinking and heed the call.

Bearing false freedom, childish thinking brings our fall.

Copyright 2022 © Ronald W. Hull

4/20/22

You can read and print this poem at my website here.