IN THE NAME OF COUNTY

Today as I looked out my patio

I saw a beautiful sunset

All golden, overlapping the blue

I wondered, in all the glorious things

Why can there not be peace

To see in our world

In the name of country

Let freedom ring above the pain

Can we remove this terrorism

To not fear flying on a plane

Or walk into our cities, our tall buildings

That may have bombs calling for our name

We live in a land longing for world peace

I saw a picture today

Of our soldiers far away

They seemed so tired as they walked

In the sandy desert, hot every day

Their uniforms covered in dust

Downcast, a lonesome look

Oh may peace come to earth

Let it begin in me, for other's good

How can we tell people

Who've never known freedom's call

Hungry, not just for food

But for peace above all

Will they ever see the peace that we know

Will terrorists stop fighting their fellow man

For a god they do not understand

Of a Muslim land

Let me pray for our solders, in the bright sun

May they soon come home, every one

In the name of our country, together let us stand

With freedom to hold everyone's hand

God protect us in The USA

For we will always seek to live

The American way.

Linda Ann Henry © 2005

Do you remember me

The people's poet

Linda11231949@aol.com