July 4th

We speak of liberty and freedom with our lips; Yet with our minds and our hearts we devise plans of bondage and control; We say that we honor the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; Yet these ideals are neglected by a people overcome with complacency and usurped by a leadership obsessed with arrogance; Years of sacrifice and shed blood are forsaken for a fleeting moment of appeasement; Our present path is leading us to a place of desolation and indenture; Where they speak of liberty and freedom but little is found; Let us awaken fully from our slumber... Arise, O We the People, that a turning may begin; May we restore that which is precious and rebuke that which is worthless; Stand boldly for liberty; Stand bravely for freedom