I Am The American Spirit

When God formed the earth, the waters, 

the clouds in the sky,

When God formed man and woman,

When God formed the beast and food for all to feed upon,

God formed a silent wind

To lie in wait throughout many ages

And gather strength, and life, and love

In the hopes that one day

Mankind would live without hate,

And as the tides flow and ebb in the great seas,

Learn to live in a world that was free

I am the American Spirit

I was born in the hearts and minds of men, women, and children,

long before I was named.

At first, they called me the red man and I was a native,

Born in this land,

Then ships came, bringing many people,

From far off shores,

They wore strange clothing

And many spoke in foreign tongues,

They worked and toiled,

They dug deep into my soil,

In the richness of the dirt, they buried deep,

Their roots, their loved ones, until

They themselves became one with me.

I am the American Spirit

I became an immigrant nation

Settled by people

From far off shores,

Who sought a better life,

Freedom of political oppression,

Freedom to practice their religion

Freedom to seek adventure and opportunity

And in the richness of the soil,

I buried deep, roots, that meshed and intertwined

And took hold,

And began to sprout,

Buds and blooms of faith, and hope,

And as I grow, my spirit become one with the earth

The sky, the moon, and the sun

I am the American Spirit,

I hold these truths to be self evident

That I was conceived in Liberty,

And dedicated to the proposition, that

All men were created equal,

My creator did endow me with certain unalienable rights,

And that among these are

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

Freedom was my right, only others

Wished to suppress it and hold my allegiance

To far off lands that I left  to establish

My domestic tranquility,

I became the United States Of America

I am the American Spirit,

I grew bold and strong from the hearts and

Minds of real men and women,

In the year of seventeen and seventy six

I was born from thirteen states

Into a new nation under God

And established a constitution,

To form a more perfect union,

To establish justice

To insure domestic tranquility

To provide for the common defense

To promote the general welfare

To secure the blessings of liberty

To ourselves and our posterity,

I became We the people

I am the American Spirit

I now was visible for all to see

From cloth of red, and white, and blue

Stars and stripes were formed,

Red for valor and bravery

White for purity and innocence

Blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice

I was given stars to signify the Heavens above

And the divine role that man has aspired

Since time immemorial.

I was given stripes for the rays emanating from the sun.

And though through the years I have had many changes,

I have emerged, stronger, as I became

The American Flag and I stand

For Liberty.

I am the American Spirit

I was born in the hearts and minds of men and women,

And through the years from then until today,

I have known heartache and loss,

I have battled brother against brother,

In a house divided,

I have turned my back on darkened skin,

I have held my women at bay,

I have struggled internally against my own

Injustices,

My own oppressions,

My own weaknesses,

And because of this, blood has been shed for me,

Yet when I stand there, sometimes tattered and torn,

I am still the spirit of Freedom, that is American born.

I am the American Spirit

For in God we do trust,

My land is a free land,

For those who hunger and thirst for air to breathe free,

I lend them a hand, in the spirit

That has become me,

So that maybe one day, others may be,

Conceived in liberty,

And dedicated to the proposition that,

All men, all women, no matter what the color of their skin,

The language that they speak,

The religion that they worship,

Are equal, in liberty and in peace for all.

And, I am the American Spirit,

I am the American Flag,

I fly beneath spacious skies

And over amber waves of grain,

I fly from mountain tops, from hills and valleys and plains,

From the New York harbor,

To the Gulf Stream waters,

From the Atlantic to the Pacific,

My colors remain constant, red white and blue,

RED, for the blood of many heroes shed,

WHITE, for freedom’s light still shining bright; and

BLUE, for the courage to stand tall and true!

I am the American Spirit,

And I hold these facts to be self evident,

As American as hot dogs, ice cream, and home made apple pie,

Freedom is why we celebrate

The Fourth of July

That America is Beautiful,

And as Old Glory

Forever waves in the azure sky,

Let freedom ring, let freedom ring,

For the home of the brave

And the Land of the Free,

May God Grant us all Peace.