What Would They say ?

 I often wonder what the folks would say,

The ones who crossed the land,

Those who labored every day

To build this nation grand

A people determined to start a life

In the wilderness, valley, or plain

A man, a woman, a husband, a wife

Facing a land  untamed

Through all weathers, toil, and disease

Through mud and blood and tears

They overcame the enemies

Of surrender, weakness, and fear

Those who built homes and families

And fought Hell's legions to keep them

Those strong determined pioneers

Who would allow nothing to beat them

Oh, for the strength of that time

With a nations' promotions every day

Of right, of courage, Him Divine

Of  valor and honor without sway

Yes I wonder what they would say

Of the country that we've become,

The American nation of today,

Of their daughters and of their sons

Are we the vision that they had

Of the nation that would be?

Or would it make them  a little sad

The things they now would see?

More and more everyday

I wonder what those folks would say.

KL Dennie 2016