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America the Beautiful

Cause darling you were born here

You were raised to grow like the wheat

Golden brown

The tips of your hair and teeth

Tell me if I over step my boundaries

I've been walking too far

Cause baby you were conceived here

Bred to be strong like the roots

Supporting the tree

The bending of your bones

Never weak

Tell me if I cross the line

They are painted red and white

Oh the stripes the stripes

Cause honey they tell you whom you are

Right below the blanket of Earth

Left are the stars

Background of blue

Cause darling you were born here

So America is you

Bred to be strong like the roots

Supporting the tree

Cause sweet pea you were forced here

Grabbed from the confines

Of mothers loving cave

Forgive me if I trip over my feet

I was pushed into being brave

Given a number

Lost my name

The bending of my bones

Never leak

Stitched are the wounds

Internal bleeding

Bled red white and blue

Cause darling we were born here

So America is we

We were launched in wars

With the purpose to maintain our free

So America is we

Yes you

Yes me

Tell me if I over step my boundaries

I've been walking to far

The ugliness of this world

Won't leave us scars

No our beauty shall never be marred

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naomi-sarai
American
Published
Aug 11, 2013
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