My American Creed
Summary
It's just my American Creed
Freedom from oppression--
No more children in poverty, screaming in pain
Standing alone in the rain
Feeling like a bother, a stain
When it comes to humanity, I have great disdain
All we know is destruction, not creation
The world bubbling, overflowing with aggression
Drawing our swords at the weak
Violence and bloodshed is what we seek
Why can’t humanity just behave for a week?
If we stop our thrashin’
Turn it into compassion--
Stop the pillaging and plunder
End world hunger
Instead of bathing in pools of blood
Let’s bathe in pools of water
Chillin’, relaxin’
Forming deep connections
Cuz at the end of the day
We’re all human
Freedom from oppression
Project Citizen Project Citizen '19
Project Citizen is a youth writing lab that is offered as part of the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University. The mission of Project Citizen is to empower young writers to engage in issues of social and political importance through a variety of genres in order to both find their voice and to become fully realized citizens in our democracy. Project Citizen brings together students from school districts and towns in Fairfield county that represent a variety of economic, racial, ethnic, and religious demographic groups in an effort to break down the "zip code apartheid" that stands in the way of true collaborative learning.