ALAS, AMERICA... I KNEW HER WELL

I've seen a lot of changes in my almost 70 years on earth... some for the better, especially in regards to Civil Rights, but this country has been on a downward spiral for most of the time I've been alive.... Unless people stand up for the history of this country and the Documents that were the cornerstones, it will fade and be forgotten before it can celebrate 300 years 56 years from now ...




I remember 1976. It was hot and sunny and bright.... There was a joyous festive feeling in the air... I was listening to the bells as they rang out across the country... suddenly the sky grew very dark and the sound of thunder was like cannonfire (which I actually thought it was commemorating the day) .. And as the bells slowly stopped ringing one DEEP bell gave long, low tones and suddenly there was a downpour that lasted for HOURS as I have never seen before ... I am psychic and was living in the house of The Poughkeepsie Seer at the time....  Something told me that America will not last another 100 years and the wind was like a wailing that persisted... 

Hating or being ashamed of the past is like cutting the roots to a tree... A tree comes out of darkness and emerges as a tree and grows taller and stronger ... America should be as strong and tall and beautiful  and ancient as the California  Redwood Tree, but alas it is being treated like a thorny bush that needs constant pruning ....

Alas America, I PRAY for you