While my feelings of patriotism may have changed over the years, on this day, I always feel extremely blessed to have been born a citizen of the United States of America. America the Beautiful is the patriotism of my youth and How Beautiful Our Spacious Skies reflects my current mood.
How Beautiful, Our Spacious Skies
How beautiful, our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain;
our purple mountains as they rise above the fruitful plain.
America! America! God's gracious gifts abound
and more and more we're grateful for life's bounty all around.
Indigenous and immigrant, our daughters and our sons;
O may we never rest content till all are truly one.
America! America! God grant that we may be
a sisterhood and brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
How beautiful, sincere lament, the wisdom born of tears,
the courage called for to repent the bloodshed through the years.
America! America! God grant that we may be
a nation blessed with none oppressed, true land of liberty.
How beautiful, two continents, and islands in the sea
that dream of peace, non-violence, all people living free.
Americas! Americas! God grant that we may be
a hemisphere where people here all live in harmony.
So, Happy Birthday, United States of America! May we continue to work on the arc of justice and may next year see some more changes. ¡Hasta pronto, mis amigos!
~N
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