(Monday, April 21 this year)
The concept of freedom, to have and to hold,
To most of the world has no chance to unfold.
Reality patterns its days to extreme;
Thus making the concept of freedom a dream.
What freedom they have will be tightly controlled;
Existing and doing just what they are told.
So freedom to them has no meaning at best;
They live for themselves, doing what they may wrest.
But here is America, freedom’s great voice;
Its laws are enveloped in freedom of choice,
Consistent with honor, to live as they choose;
Their dictated mandate is their right to use.
So patriotism is based on this right;
To guard and to safeguard in freedom’s whole light.
This day is a calling, to patriots all,
Renewing their pledge not to let freedom fall.
This freedom is not free; its message is plain.
Defend it or lose it—\no effort, no gain!
America’s founders have solemnly warned,
Once freedoms are lost, they are but to be mourned!
© Richard Williams