Happy 4th

Happy 4th

By Ben Smith

Ever since I was a child

I’ve loved to watch the fireworks roar.

I have been a true patriot

Ever since I was born.

But this year it is different

The country is littered with hatred.

I can not celebrate

When our country is ruled 

By someone with such ill fates.

I will do as I usually do by eating lots of food

Watching the fireworks burst with flames

But I will not sit back and act as if all in America is okay.

I am celebrating for the people who built my nation,

The immigrants, the ancestors of many black Americans,

And the soldiers who died to defend our lies.

God bless this beautiful continent

But may the blessing not be given to the crooked man

Who has done things to the world that can not be forgiven.