War + Lives - add love = Freedom (poem)
Posted: Sunday, June 25, 2006
by David Tanguay
Remembered
A nation born from war, for the “purpose" of establishing freedom
A nation divided in war, in an “attempt" to fulfill the goal of freedom
A nation engaged in world wars, in the task of “preserving" freedom
A nation policing the world, in the “pursuit" of freedom
So many young lives have been lost, for the “cause" of freedom
Let us remember those who paid the “ultimate price," for freedom
And dear God, please tell us! - “What!" - is freedom?
“Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat." Ralph Ellison
We need not war, to show us how freedom is made
What we need is love to show us how freedom is played.
For freedom is not - but to “do as we please"
But rather to “please others" - because of what we achieve
“To serve requires love only with love to we attain freedom"
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