INDEPENDENCE DAY
The wind and you played in my hair,
You lambent in the moon,
The night arranged as by design,
Mysteriously boon.
Afresh the breeze and warm our hands,
So lately introduced,
Traced so gently new found lands,
From tyranny aloosed.
While all around with fire and bang
Our freedom was proclaimed,
A nation’s liberty was meant,
To us, two hearts unchained.
(1982)
NOTES: We have our communal holiday traditions, and then we have our own, personal traditions.
I celebrate the Fourth of July as a double holiday. I’m proud and happy to honor our exceptional America and call it home.
And, it also warms my heart to remember the night I discovered my role in an on-going love story.
My personal affection for July Fourth goes back to 1982, when a young couple snuck to the roof of the Calhoun Beach Club in Minneapolis to watch the fireworks. This perch, high above Lake Calhoun, offered a 360 degree view of the entire Twin Cities area. You could see several fireworks displays from there, both near and far away.
Not gonna lie … best fireworks ever.
Poetic Champions 
I love “aloosed.” at least I think that’s the word or lack thereof. Be careful of what you let us know. Tyranny is best bested by faith.
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Thanks for stopping! I have long wondered if the armed revolution was really necessary to throw off the yoke of oppression. Most of the other colonies managed to achieve independence without it.
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