historical figures
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Old crusty
I think you thought you were
Witty
Clever old man
But I can see you
Looking down
The slow,
Sassy
Mississippi
Remembering boyhood days
And you make me
He came to help
Despite the king's order
Brave young man
Brave enough to ignore a king
Brave enough to fight for a foreign country
Brave enough to stand in defeat
And later, brave enough
I pity you, Nathan
You are brave to venture on such a mission
But you do not know your danger
Do not trust so easily, Nathan Hale
You die bravely
But you needn't have died at all
My dear Betsy Ross
We are in dire need of a flag
How can we make a nation
Without a symbol?
How can we fight a war
Without a banner to fly over our heads?
Please, my dear Betsy Ross
Deborah Sampson, you have a courage
That we look at now with admiration
I would have done the same
If they won't let us fight as ourselves
We will fight as them
I think it would have been glory
They call him hypocritical
For writing about freedom
But keeping his brother in bondage
He is a Founding Father too
Writer of the Declaration
Yet he blacked out portions
Of his Bible
Humble birth
Humble man
Horrid wife
But tragic life
Lincoln, I applaud you
For your sacrifice
So many poems
Have been written
About this man
That there's not much to say
Except
What if he was just a normal man?
