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What is your Anthem?
How do you convey it?
To scream and shout at the top of you lungs
Or to quietly sing it to yourself
To rebel against labels
Or to embrace the perks of it
When the lines blur,
How do you define an American?
Caucasian, African American, Native American, Asian, Middle Eastern
Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Atheist
Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Transexual, Asexual
Rich, Middle Class, Poor, Homeless
Confident or Timid
Young or Old
Skinny or Fat
Tall or Short
Male or Female
Alive or Dead
Why is there a more favorable side?
Even though there are so many ways to separate us,
Sometimes we forget
We have one thing in common
We are the best at being imperfect
Filled with flaws,
We conceptualize the idea of being human
Most of us aren't as
Rich as Bill Gate,
Eloquent as Shakespeare,
Artistic as Leonardo de Vinci,
Loyal as Nelson Mandela
Brilliant as Albert Einstein
Inventive as Benjamin Franklin,
Musically gifted as Mozart,
Charismatic as Franklin D. Roosevelt,
And peaceful as Martin Luther King Jr
But we are the best at being ourselves
Afterall, we can only shine the brightest when we stop looking and start doing