A TASTE OF AMERICA
FOR MOST OF US FOR MOST OF OUR TIME, WE HAVE SEEN AND LIVED WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROMISED ...
I SUPPOSE THAT COMES FROM BEING THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST AND THEN KNOWING HOW TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND ONE MANS LIFE CAN BE SEEN WITH ANGER AND DISGUST WHILE ANOTHER'S LOOKED UPON WITH EXTREME ENVY ...
THE TRUE MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS IS NOT WRITTEN ON THE WALLS OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OR LISTED IN THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
IT IS SEEN IN THE FACES OF THOSE DEAREST TO YOU AND TO THOSE THAT WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU ARE GONE.
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SHINING STAR FOR US HERE AND ITS BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS BEFORE OUR TIME.
NOTHING GOOD USUALLY LASTS FOREVER AND SADLY THE PLACE WE ALL LIVE IN HAS FALLEN TO GREED AND ARROGANCE.
BUT AT LEAST I AND OTHERS CAN SAY THAT FOR A SHORT PIECE OF TIME WE HAD WHAT MANY NEVER DID.
WEEKEND SUPPERS, BEERS IN THE GARAGE, HOLIDAYS WITH MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE AT A TIME AND THE WARMTH OF FAMILY THAT REMINDS US THAT THERE IS LOVE IN THE WORLD AND FOR SOME ...
THEY NEED NOT GO ANY FURTHER THAN THEIR OWN FRONT DOORSTEP TO HAVE WHAT MILLIONS CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE.
MAY YOUR LIVES BE BLESSED FOREVER ...
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FOR THE FUTURE ...
THE DISABLED CAN NOT ALWAYS BE SEEN AND AT TIMES CAN HIDE VERY WELL IF WE TRY. BUT, THE MEMORIES OF HOSPITALS TESTING OUT THEIR PROFITS FROM MEDICATIONS ON OUR YOUTH CAN LAST A LIFETIME AND IN SECRET ... THEY HIDE MOST THINGS IN EMOTIONAL ISSUES AND THEN SIMPLY ARE GIVEN DIFFERENT PILLS..
THIS IS THE SIDE OF AMERICA NOW KILLING OUR YOUTHS WITH OPIOIDS.
I REMEMBER ... IN (1968) I WATCHED THE WOODEN DOOR HOPING TO SEE A FRIENDLY FACE EACH DAY LOOK IN TO SHOW ME THAT THERE WAS LIFE BEYOND THE WHITE TILES AND STAINLESS STEEL TOILET ... BUT USUALLY TOO WEAK TO WALK ...