Letter to America

Dear America,

It's your old friend, the Free Citizen. I am the descendant of Selflessness and Sacrifice. Time has passed quickly since we last talked. I have written to you, but you have yet to respond. When I call, you never answer. I hope everything is alright.

I thought I was still in my youth, but it appears as though I have grown older. My hearing is worn out, as I can no longer hear the Liberty Bell toll and echo its sweet Freedom through city streets and off mountain tops; my eyes have grown tired, as the Stars and Stripes once flew so boldly, yet now, She appears tattered and faded, no longer flying proudly.

We haven't stayed close since your divorce from the Constitution. Some call your new spouse, "Socialism," "Fascism" or "Progressivism." I've heard that you were lovers a hundred years ago, though I am not sure what is true anymore.

I fear your children have not lived up to your name. They know and play more political games than I know card games. With the death of Common Sense, your children will now have to learn of it from books rather than from themselves. You have let your children run rampant without discipline, and I am paying for it!

As we grow apart, I am afraid that negative emotions will replace the fondness of years gone by. Many of my siblings have become angry, and it scares me more than your silence. I have to wonder, is war in our future? I pray not, for I am a peaceful person; I do not want to hear the bugle call early in the sunrise of our beautiful existence once more.

We have reached difficult times, and you call on us to sacrifice. I know plenty of sacrifice, for I am born of it. Yet if we sacrifice Liberty, I will be Free Citizen no longer. Shall you willlingly imprison me with your shackles of fear and tyranny, or allow your children to hold me hostage? What of my ancestors, those who sacrificed health, life and lovers so I may not feel that cold steel chain around my wrist? What of your Fathers, those who wrote about the common rights of men and created the greatest Republic to stand? Surely, they must be ashamed of their children.

You can muzzle me, chain me, and beat me. But I will never sacrifice Liberty. I will stand tall beside you, America, for you are my home and my greatest friend; you are the haven of the oppressed and sanctuary of justice. Yet I will not let your children - tyranny and hypocrites - destroy you.

Sincerely, your old friend,

The Free Citizen