Happy 4th of July

“Liberty’s Echo”

On hallowed soil where patriots stood,
They swore their truth in ink and blood.
They dreamed a land both just and free
A sacred torch for you and me.

The bell rang out, the muskets flared,
For rights and freedoms none had dared.
Each star was stitched with hope and fight,
Each stripe a blaze for what is right.

But now beneath the fireworks’ gleam,
Lurks bitter rot within the dream.
A party draped in red and lies,
Bends liberty until it dies.

They chant of freedom, loud, obscene
While gagging truth behind the screen.
A “big, beautiful bill” they raise,
That dims the lamp and clouds the blaze.

They cut the roots, they scorch the seeds,
They sell the land for power and greed.
They silence votes and shift the line,
While wrapping fraud in flags and spine.

But freedom knows the traitor’s game
It lifts its voice, it speaks its name.
True patriots do not comply
When justice chokes beneath a lie.

So light the skies with rebel fire,
Let conscience be what laws require.
And march not back, but forward still,
Defending truth with iron will.

This Fourth, we claim what must be done
That liberty belongs to everyone.
Not bought, not barred, not forged for show
But lit with love, and made to grow.