This morning was the first time

 

I have waken up and not felt urgency

 

To write something down

 

No lightning moments

 

instead there was nothing

 

and then when looking at

 

the news and headlines

 

I get rushes of emotions

 

not happy ones

 

but sorrow

 

I see hate and dis-function

 

spilling out of our government

 

I see "doctors" saying

 

how they cut up babies

 

I see divided people

 

going after one another

 

like rabid wolves

 

What has happen to us?

 

this used to be a great country

 

this used to be a place where we could be proud

 

this used to be a place

 

where children could play

 

and not worry about

 

some lunatic snatching them away

 

this used to be place

 

where you could let your kids

 

walk to school without worry

 

this used to be a place

 

where you could yourself

 

walk to work without worry

 

This used to be a place

 

where people believed

 

in their rights and

 

would defend them at ALL COST

 

this used to be a place

 

where believing in God

 

made sense

 

This used to be a place

 

where ones opinion

 

was able to be expressed

 

This used to be a place

 

where we didn't lock

 

our doors ever

 

this used to be a place

 

where we could send our kids

 

to school and know

 

they were learning

 

this used to be a place

 

where we all knew our

 

neighbors and cared about them

 

this used to be a place

 

where people would come

 

not for a handout

 

but for a better life

 

this used to be a place

 

where if a child cussed

 

we wouldn't laugh

 

we would let them

 

know they were wrong

 

This used to be a place

 

where we didn't fear

 

those that are

 

suppose to protect

 

This used to be a place

 

where a doctors oath

 

to do no harm

 

meant something

 

This used to be a place

 

where working

 

paid enough to

 

feed your family

 

This used to be a place

 

where people cared

 

for other people

 

this used to be a place

 

where if someone fell

 

you would stop

 

and help them up

 

this used to be a place

 

if someone walked bye

 

you would smile

 

and say good-day

 

This used to be a place

 

where you felt

 

safe and secure

 

THIS USED TO BE A PLACE

 

WHERE PEOPLE CARED

 

WHERE PEOPLE HELPED EACH OTHER

 

WHERE PEOPLE VALUED GOD

 

WHERE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR COUNTRY

 

I may be getting older

 

but I remember that place

 

I miss that place

 

I want my country back

 

don't you?

 

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