Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Empty Fears

America the beautiful
America the great
Instead of preaching love and peace
We are teaching ignorance and hate

There is no real bliss in ignorance
Just us high up in our tower
Not seeing those that need us
We are the world’s superpower

If there were never any immigrants
How empty our country would be
Our descendants all came from somewhere
To make this land one of the free

All religions are rooted in love
So we must practice what we preach
Help the young and needy here
Or see more like Aylan dead on the beach

It is okay to stay on our guard
For it would be foolish to forget our past
But we must set aside our empty fears
And bring our world together at last.


Empty Fears

– R. M. M. Erickson

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