The American Manifesto

A call for freedom

Oh say can you see, a land not so free

Where the chains of debit are shackled to you and me

A place where the rich decide what laws shoud be

And make our goverment bow at the knee

 

For the pockets of few we bleed out the poor

Through tools like the patriot act they can just walk through your door

They privatize prisons and build them from shore to shore

And if all who read this stand up to fight, they'll just build one more

 

Let us not be the generation that takes our fathers place

Let us rise to fight this evil and meet it face to face

Does it not sicken you to watch your freedoms be erased

Being able to cite supreme court rulings when charged in a tax case

 

Our founding fathers fought for a republic that would last

But the rich bankers have made that dream a thing of the past

I tell you brothers and sisters their power is vast

But so is our's whenever we join in mass

 

We must put an end to the corruption and lying

Because if we dont there will only be more of us dying

More of our mothers and children crying

And our world will countinue to change without us ever deciding

 

Author: M.Rose

Author's Note

ignore grammar problems

Reviews

[RJM]

Magnificent! Soon Pax Americana will fall, and the power of this world would shift. America should learn from the lessons of past empires and to stop spreading their imperialist ideals to other countries such as my homeland.

[Patrick Gerlits]

"Oh say can you see, a land not so free", amazing beginning for a this particular poem.

Every stanza was perfectly done and led straight into the next flawlessly. And I can say without a doubt you conveyed your point^^.

[Observer]

Wow! Great peace and that speaks the truth. Like how you play off the Star Spangled Banner. It is crazy how much of a business our government has become. This flows very well.