Keith Johnson
Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read

FOR AMERICA 2016

Are you downcast? Be brave, stop to listen

To a young woman playing her guitar,

Singing as the freeway car lights glisten

Misted windows on the bus to Georgia

For rich and poor she has no preference

This is a girl who loves the earth and sun

And will not shift her gaze in deference.

She is your poem and it has just begun:

She hates tyrants, she lives for others,

Knows justice is always in jeopardy,

Verses the hopes of children and mothers,

Marks time for the stupid and crazy.

She respects hard work and intelligence

Gives freely of her income and effort

Treats all with patience and indulgence

Believes only what life itself has taught.

Open and light-hearted, she earns her way.

She despises easy riches and wealth

Disputes with none yet has her say,

Values each season, rejoices in health.

Listen again as rain falls and signs pass.

Even at her worst, she aims for the best -

She knows defeat and storms can never last

And riding home she settles back to rest.

    Keith Johnson

    Written by

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