On a Field Trip of Current Culture

On a Field Trip of Current Culture

Extenuating circumstances, an excuse transcending time,
with regrets extended often in the form of lies.
Value of integrity lost through ethics demise,
and faceless immorality in political disguise.

No regard for humanity's innate nature to be free,
unencumbered by a government's control and decree.
Deceitful extensions of life binding usery,
by men with evil intentions for this my country.

What has become of our personal responsibility,
in the making of our lives whatever they may be?
In giving up our rights to a governmental entity,
we become bound in a form of hand-out slavery.

It is a sad state of affairs in this land once proud,
where from sea to shining sea through sun or cloud,
men once stood together to protect the rights God endowed.
On this field trip I see America draped in a shroud.