Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Independence



Independence

This day of celebration
is soon to arrive..
We celebrate independence from 
 the strictures of George III..
With geographic favor
we advantaged our
acknowledged independence..
Yet in that declaration
seizing separation from King
there was mention of
something named equality..
Our president in wartime
reminds us now as then
of that declaration..
fourscore and seven years ago:
the smooth linkage of
independence and freedom..
We are asked to discover
that freedom is common
it is the same stuff
out of which each is made..
A new identity this
a new birth as freedom..
Realization surprisingly
is our real
Independence...


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