POEM
by Rickey Pittman(personalize by Barry F Isenhour)
I am a Southerner...
I won't Apologize,
I won't be Reconstructed,
I will not surrender
my identity, my Heritage.
I believe in the Constitution, especially
In State's Rights(9th & 10th Amendments).
That the Federal Government should be the
Servant, not the Master of We The People,
I believe in the Right to bear arms(2nd Amendment),
The Right to be left alone.
I am a Southerner...
The spirit of my Confederate Ancestor boils in my blood;
many who still lie in unmarked graves
in distant places far from their homes.
They fought not for what They thought was right,
but for what was right.
Not for Northern imposed Slavery,
But to resist Tyranny, Machiavellian laws,
Oppressive taxation, invasion of His land,
For the Right to be left alone.
I am a Southerner...
A Rebel,
Seldom politically correct, at times belligerent,
I don't care much for Lincoln, Grant, Sherman,
Or modern neo-con politicians like them.
I like hunting & fishing, Bluegrass. Gospel
The "Bonnie Blue" and "Dixie" ,
I still believe in Chivalry and Civility,
I am the face of The Southern College of
Gentlemen and Scholars,
Belles and Writers,
Soldiers and Sharecroppers,
Cajuns and Creoles, Tejanos and Islens,
Celts and Germans, Cherokee and Mountain Folks,
Gullah and Geech, Freemen and Crackers,
We are All The South.
The South...
My home, my beautiful land, my Culture,
My destiny, my heart Blessed by God,
I am a Southerner,
Deo Vindice!
