America's Under Attack, But Its Not From The Outside Poem by Lee Obie

America's Under Attack, But Its Not From The Outside



America is under attack but its not from the outside

Like the introduction from Family Guy says

'It Seems today, that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV'

Is that what we are teaching the future generations?

That that's the glory and joy that life has to offer?

Chasing after the immoral things that people supposedly want/need to make themselves happy?



America is under attack but its not from the outside

And where has all the sympathy gone in today's society?

Everyday people die in the streets because they have no place to stay or food to eat and its not necessarily their fault

Yet people go about their day not caring about the sufferings of others, unwilling to reach out a hand and help their fellow American.

Some instead look at them as scum to the society and want to limit federal aid for them, the downtrodden.

Yes, some of it may be being abused, but what about those that the aid helps?

Mothers unable to feed their kids because they cant find a job to support them enough

People who were laid off and had no safety net to fall back upon

what about them?

Instead they are looked at by some of the population as second class citizens!



America is under attack but its not from the outside

Freedom of speech, a right granted to all American citizens. Yet some use it to slander and defame those whom voluntarily lay down their lives to ensure that they have the right to do so.

There is talk about cutting pay raises for members of the armed forces.

Why? I'm sure that there are better ways to save money

especially when politicians are making an average of $300k/ year



America is under attack but its not from the outside

Everyday kids are taking their lives because of bullying.

Just because someone decided to put making other peoples lives hell over their own education.

How can these sort of things be overlooked?

Someone please help



America is under attack but its not from the outside

Politicians are lying, flip-flopping on the very ideals people voted for them on.

Stick to your guns and fight for the people who voted you in office.

Remember the little people? The ones who took time out of their day to vote for you because you said you could do a better job than the other guy?



America is under attack but its not from the outside

And where have all the morals gone?

Common decency and courtesy is out the window

Uncaring, uncompassionate people that roam the streets utterly desensitized to the world around them.



America is under attack but its not from the outside

but how do we fix it?

we must look inward and step off the throne of our lives.

We must realized that we are not the center of the universe

If a fellow human being needs help, It is our responsibility to do what we can to help

If people are fighting for our rights and our freedoms and the way we live, It is our responsibility to show them that we appreciate and support everything that they have sacrificed for us.

We must teach our children that it is NOT OK for us to make others peoples lives hell, just so that we can feel more secure in our own skin.

We must LET GO, and look inward and realize that we as individuals do not walk the planet alone

Yet in still, America is under attack but its not from the outside.............

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Higgins 18 March 2012

The world is under attack by corporate greed, and they feed the greed of others to perpetuate the status quo. Nice piece of writing!

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