Straight up, I like the idea, pointing backwards as a lesson, to today at where America is, and to the future where we need to be. Topic is great, but for from. I think maybe you should have let yourself go a little more. Some of the rhyme seems kind of petty and almost laughable, making the whole poem feel as if you squeezed ten pounds of great idea into a five pound bag of style. Let the ideas fulfill themselves instead of sticking them into the style you decide. And if the words rhyme they rhyme, if they don't they don't.

This is a great =)

I liked this it reminded me of right after 911 when all the flags were flying,it gave you a good feeling,A very positive message.