In the midst of nuclear insanity
In the midst
of natural calamities
In the midst
of hatred and harm crisscrossing the land
In the midst
of hostility riding in cars emasculating our civil liberties
In the midst
of blood spattered into the streets…
In the midst
of people crying…people dying
In the midst
of black lives Matter
In the midst
of limitations set on Muslims’ immigration
In the midst
of white supremacy poisoning the tender tendrils of democracy
In the midst
of Native Americans wanting to save the earth from greed and destruction
In the midst
of dreamers’ dreams vanishing in the wind
In the midst
of chaos and confusion
America Still Sings of Freedom
In the midst
of immigrant children being wrenched from their parents’ grasp
In the midst
of the vanishing affordable health care act
In the midst
of the oppressed screaming for justice from the callous and the cold
In the midst
of the stranglehold of the school to prison pipeline
In the midst
of the vines of violence choking aspirations
In the midst
of mass incarceration
America Still Sings of Freedom
In the midst
of earth’s disintegrating atmosphere
In the midst
of conflicting attitudes towards a solution to pollution
In the midst
of profits leading to the desecration of our planet
In the midst
of socio-economic terrorism
In the midst
of religious fanaticism
In the midst
of man’s obsession with power
America Still Sings of Freedom
In the midst
of the sunrise greeting a new day in magnificence
In the midst
of the stars twinkling eminence throughout time
In the midst
of intergalactic connections singing in eternity
In the midst
of the courageous voices of the many standing together in unity
In the midst
of joy infusing hearts of stone
In the midst
of peace in search of a home
America Still Sings of Freedom
