America the Brave

America the Brave (Written in the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania)

"Their Lives: they held their country's trust; they kept its faith; they died its heroes." -quote from the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium

America, The Free: "My country 'tis of thee," Haven of hope,

Where thousands everyday cope

Through all times thick and thin, 
And where the defenders of truth inevitably win. 
This is America, Home to those from the Florida peninsula
To the great white north of Alaska 
And all the way out to Hawaii... This is home to me. 
The habitat of the wild evergreens in Maine 
And amber waves of Indiana grain... 
Yes, this is my home. 
From the majestically-lit behemoths of the New York sky, 
Down tobacco road, North Carolina, where dreamers dared fly, 
I'm at home. 

Be that I sail down the Delaware to Philadelphia where freedom rings, 
Or down the Mississippi to N'Awluns for some jambalaya 
And where a happy fat man sings, It's still home sweet home. 
Whether it's living the California rockin' life, 
Or seeing the simplicity of an Ohio Amish man and wife, 
It's all still home. Regardless of whether 
I'm in the Volunteer State of Tennessee, 
Or in Virginia, home of Washington, Jefferson, and Lee, 
I'm home here in America, the free: 
Land of truth and the foresight to see that we're all together 
Through the thick and through the thin, 
And where no force of evil shall have the ability upon it to deter: 

For we shall fight; for we shall win.