I will stand for…
…the veteran who served his country who’s now sitting in a wheelchair
…the mother with hungry kids who doesn’t have a dime to spare
…the man who busts his ass daily and will never be a millionaire
…the lady crying herself to sleep because she’s knows about the affair
I will fight for…
…the homeless teens who walk the streets, their bodies they are selling
…the kids hiding in their rooms because their daddy’s drunk and yelling
…the ones so starved for attention, they’re running away and rebelling
…the ones who hurt each other with the lies that they are telling
I will stand for…
…the sad, lonely ones who can’t cope, so they become drug addicts
…the people who screwed up once in life, now they’re labeled convicts
…the little ones molested and all the pain that it inflicts
…the outcasts desperately wishing just to be part of the cliques
I will fight for…
…the devoted evangelical folks preaching the gospel truth
…the teachers working hard trying to educate our youth
…the old lady waiting patiently outside the voting booth
…the old man on the corner with his brown bag of vermouth
I will stand for…
…the girl with the lemonade stand, raising money to fight cancer
…the single mother trying to support her kids as an exotic dancer
…the shy dyslexic boy in class who doesn’t know the answer
…the young man wearing colors because he wants to be a gangster
I will fight for…
…the tiny babies born addicted from a pregnancy unplanned
…the brave soldiers fighting overseas and dying for this land
…the rape victim telling her gruesome story on the witness stand
…the woman broken and bleeding from her own husband’s hand
Don't look past these people, look into their eyes, see their plight
For all the lost souls and wounded hearts, I will stand up and fight
Gold trophy winner
Adding your comment:
This piece was even longer but I figured I better just stop! Thanks for the applause and reading it!!
