Ramblings

I've heard my father's last breath
I watched my mother die
I saw the casket close over my cousin
And Lord knows I cried
And now I try to stand tall
But each day seems a struggle
I try to move forth
But with each stretch of my muscle
with each beat of my heart
with each sigh from my lips
I pray for it all to end -
or at least to forget

I live in a world
where a woman and black man
have the chance to become
the US President
and I call that freedom
freedom my mother never got to see
and I wonder if the world is
truly ready to be free

Truly ready to be about what is important
to vote for and not against
to practice the military action of building
us all up, instead of spending billions on defense

... switch

defense that we turn to offense
when in the presence of millions
another main stay canidate spectacularly makes no sense
"we'll be in Iraq for a hundred years..."
okay, you planning to win by playing on our fears
you planning to build us, in swamps of our tears
bleed us dry for years and years
freedoms gained, striped away
sign up now, or be drafted today
women's rights are for pussies -
pun strictly intended
and you damn sure shouldn't pay attention
to how many in my base I have offended
all in the goal of sucking up to those I "hate"
all so I can win a higher place in this race
so that I can beat out the Democrat - wait I mean the enemy
so I can show you all, how great I can be

switch...

I have shed tears for years
and feared so much I no longer flinch
I think faster than most and I am
ALWAYS loyal in a pinch
I miss my mother more than any word
could ever describe
and if I had wings I would fly up to Heaven
just to say hi
I wouldn't bother to ask God why
or what's the world coming to
I wouldn't ask why he took her and left me
down here with you
I wouldn't ponder the mysteries of life
and why we came to be
because I think I have finally accepted
maybe there is something in it for me

Maybe I stand here still
a testament, a legacy
to see the things for her eyes
that she didn't make it to see
A woman and a black man, battling for the presidency
going up against "the man"
proving true the American Dream

I don't know that she ever said I could be president
but I remember her telling me to dream
she never told me to be free
she just said to be me

and in the grand scheme what that means to you
may differ from what my heart screams,
but as I see how far we have come as a nation
I know why angels sing...

if I only had wings....