America lives, <br />For you and for me, <br />With all she can give, <br />On land and on sea. <br /> <br />She has a grand flag of red white and blue, <br />She has her storms her droughts and her showers <br />She isn’t very old, in fact she’s quite new, <br />She’s even one of the world great powers. <br /> <br />We have been in many wars, yes so many, <br />Yet all through this America thrives, <br />Then in the end, we can give not a penny, <br />Yet we fight on and give up our lives. <br /> <br />Our lives that we love so dear, we give, <br />Just so that our great country, <br />America, <br />Can, and does live.<br /><br />Sandra Osborne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/america-lives-written-at-age-14/
