WHEN GREAT MEN PRAYED

AT TIMES MY THOUGHTS WITHOUT CONTROL
ILLUMINATE MY VERY SOUL
TO BLESS ME WITH A VIVID DREAM...
A GIFT OF LOVE FROM ONE SUPREME.
I JOURNEYED TO THE PAST TODAY,
TWO HUNDRED FREEDOM YEARS AWAY.
I WALKED INTO A BUILDING THERE.
GREAT MEN WERE ON THEIR KNEES IN PRAYER.
ON THE TABLE IN PLAIN SIGHT
DESIGNED BY FLICKERING CANDLELIGHT,
A DOCUMENT WITH SIGNATURES
SPELLED FREEDOM TO BE MINE AND YOURS.
I LISTENED AS THE BANNER WAVED...
ENGROSSED WITH AWE WHEN GREAT MEN PRAYED.

"THY MERCY LORD, FOREVER STANDS
AND THOU HAST BROUGHT US TO THIS LAND.
MAY OUR CHILDREN FAITHFUL BE...
FOR WE ARE FREE TO WORSHIP THEE.
MAKE OUR COUNTRY TRUE AND STRONG.
LET WEALTH UNTOLD TO HER BELONG.
SHOULD OUR CHILDREN STRAY FROM THEE,
CUT THEM DOWN THAT THEY MAY SEE.
FOR IF THEIR RICHES MAKE THEM BLIND,
THEY MAY NOT SEE THY LOVE DIVINE.
LORD, THROUGH OUR BICENTENNIAL YEARS
REMEMBER PRAYER WE OFFER HERE."

MY VIVID DREAM TURNED INTO DUST.
I HAD TO LEAVE! I KNEW I MUST!
YES I WAS THERE WHEN GREAT MEN PRAYED.
'TWOULD BREAK THEIR HEART IF I HAD STAYED
FOR THEY WOULD SEE MY TEARFILLED EYES
AND FEEL THIS HURT I CAN'T DISGUISE.
I'M FROM THE BICENTENNIAL YEARS.
WE'VE CHANGED THE LAWS THEY HELD SO DEAR.
AMERICA, GO BACK WITH ME.
OUR LORD CAN MAKE THE BLIND TO SEE,
FOR IF WE FALL OR IF WE STAND
DEPENDS UPON GOD'S GUIDING HAND.