I Cry

 

I Cry

I cry for you America,

Deep within my soul I mourn.

All gleaming waves and tasseled corn,

Never thought I’d watch you die.

 

 The other half celebrates

With fireworks and champagne,

Popping corks and high fives.

Never thought I’d watch you die.

 

 Infectious disease crippling you--

 the virus of fear, the plague of hate.

I cry for you America,

Can you be saved?  Is it too late?

 

  A nation so divided

is already destroyed;

I never thought I’d watch you die;

I still pray you will survive.

 

Guns and rocks and tear gas

Dominate the streets

Where black men die the day they’re born.

Deep within my soul, I mourn!

 

I cry for you America.

So mournfully I weep.

The pain runs deep; I cry, I cry.

I never thought I’d watch you die.

 

America the beautiful, from sea to shining sea

Now draws her dying breath;

the sobbing sound is me

grieving her death.

 

 

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By Nancy Rehkugler

August 28, 2020