A poem about the Spirit of America written for the 4th of July.

America is many things,
a land filled with contradictions,
a wondrous place where dreams sprout wings…
blocked by poverty’s affliction.

Multimillion-dollar mansions,
in view of sprawling ghetto slums,
depict how wealth knows expansions,
whereas the poor further succumbs.

A country of organ transplants,
breast enhancement for the wealthy
exists with a system that grants
no care if broke and unhealthy.

Limitless opportunity
is the nation’s heralded claim.
Despair strikes with impunity
at the poor to the nation’s shame.

Crime, drugs, dropout, and homelessness
are all millions will ever know.
Our national religiousness
still lets racial prejudices grow.

Red, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian,
rich or poor – what makes us equal
one great nation? The equation
is simple…American Spirit!

America thrives, ‘tho problems
abound, because of our belief
two hundred thirty one years stems
from making equal rights the chief

principle of our government.
Equality under the law
for all is the best measurement
of our greatness, inspiring awe.

Love for equality, freedom
fills each true American heart.
Our founding fathers’ great wisdom
made us forever stand apart.