DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN?
Do you remember when America was
FREE-
Capitalism prospered for you and
me,
and anyone could be what they
wanted to be,
Do you remember?
And way back when the law was the
law,
and you feared the wrath of your
own pa,
life was simple like that show,
HEE HAW,
Do you remember?
When a man wasn't lazy-he always
worked hard,
Mom's tended children-kept house
and yard,
and from underage youth-drinking
was barred,
Do you remember?
Strangers were
welcomed-immigration laws heeded,
no doubts and lies from our
government seeded,
and a fence on the border was
never needed,
Do you remember?
How about the 'Good Book' where
morals were taught,
God was in the home, and His WORD
was sought,
our leaders even knew what our
forefathers wrought,
Do you remember?
Life was precious even in the
womb-
caring for the elderly was just
assumed,
and patriotism was not presumed,
Do you remember?
Oh, for the days when Mom's didn't
worry-
across field or town you could run
and scurry,
and ride your bike or a horse
named Fury,
Do you remember?
Letters came slow by postal mail,
and we got along fine without a
phone cell-
no seatbelts or car seats',still
we did just swell,
Do you remember?
Words to music were always kept
clean-
Moms washed clothes on a wringer
machine,
dances were chaperoned-life was
easy it seemed,
Do you remember?
The cop in town was the end of the
line-
if he sent you home, you turned on
a dime,
curfews were set, and folks
thought it fine,
Do you remember?
RESPECT was a word we could always
tell,
was for teachers, preachers, cops
and parents as well,
in their face we dared not scream
or yell,
Do you remember?
Granny and Gramps were part of our
home,
always included-never left alone,
and oh, the knowledge from them we
honed,
Do you remember?
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Now criminals run cops - kids run
the school,
no one believes in the GOLDEN
RULE,
and folks in the White House are
just plain fools,
Where has it all gone-when shall
it end?
Is our country becoming an
iniquity den?
Will God in Heaven turn around
this sin?
Will we be proud patriots once
again?
~Please Lord, help us, I pray,
Amen~
Poetry
by Tamara Hillman |
2009
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