“Reflections”
(July 4,
2012)
cji
7/4/12
(Prelude:
Sadly we
look in hopefulness
seeing the
blank stares found
blindness
and deafness all
wherein
truth once was bound;
Reflections
of a humble heart
seeking to
better understand
why so
few destroy so much
at executive
orders command!)
“Would
They Arise”
cji
7/4/12
Buried
low in the earth
or even
deep in the sea
would
they arise today
what would
they say
collectively
in shame
reviewing
the mess here
found
amid the ruins
shattered
remnants of love
sacrifices
given freely
scorned by
the indolent
selfishness
now in vogue
selflessness
of the dead
would
they arise today
seeing
freedoms fled!
“Take
the Sword”
cji
7/4/12
Handling
with great skill
Finding an
inner will;
Calling
to those about
Freedom is
their shout;
Take the
sword brother
Or else
freedom smother;
Feel the
inner self need
Or a
dictatorship to heed;
Take the
sword sister
Or in tyranny
to blister!
“Drive
the Foe”
cji
7/4/12
Freedom
is at stake
rally all
who still care
call
those far and near
our
duties path is clear;
Though
the cliffs sheer
and many
of us fear
this
conflict to share
please
all do now awake!
“The
Fallen Flag”
cji
7/4/12
Laying
amid the debris
torn and
shattered thus
stepped
upon and burned
disgraced
by those insects
claiming
American rights
while
bitterly protesting
claiming
without allegiance
demanding
we surrender
the
fallen flag to theirs
flaunting
with oft jeers
amid
China’s loud cheers
and our
nation’s tears!
“Sound
the Bugle/Drum”
cji
7/4/12
No
longer to play tabs
but now
into the battle
we
cannot surrender
quicker
on the drums
no more
trolling cadence
this not
a funeral parade
but a
rekindling of freedom
selflessly
again to give all
sound
the bugle and drum
loud and
strident to hear
never
ever to surrender
freedom’s
found so dear!
“While
Yet to Find”
cji
7/4/12
Some
sitting loathsome
crying and
moaning loud
renting
clothing in show
wondering
where did it go;
Freedom
once very dear
fled without
any fight
the
malls are closed
the
press is censored!
“Our
Sacrifices Forgotten”
cji
7/4/12
No
longer beats the drummer
no longer
flies the flag proud
shamed
and discarded to pc;
No
longer patriots to applaud
no longer
heroes of the past
replaced
by phonies on tv;
No
longer is their freedom
no longer
can one be free
now
America but a fief;
Our
sacrifices forgotten all
our selflessness
defeated
not from
without but within!
(Epilogue:
Reflections
startling to reveal
apathy and
rhetoric profound
laziness
and indolence to seal
all in
freedom once was bound;
No
longer the land of the free
peons and
mobs and race
cheating
liars at altars kneel
having
created this disgrace!)
Copyright © 2012 – cji
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