Independence Day Poems
Category:Independence,PoemI’ve never written a haiku before, but July 4th – Independence Day in the US – inspired me to write my first one:
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See the caterpillar crawl
Watch butterflies fly
But, of course I couldn’t stop there. That haiku inspired me to write a longer poem:
The road ahead
Offers so much potential
But we must choose that road
And not allow others
To define it for us.
We must declare our independence,
Removing the constraints
And roadblocks
Imposed by others.
But here’s the paradox.
We’ll increase our potential
If we invite others on our journey
Rather than seeking to go it alone.
With the right partners
We might even be able
To evolve from caterpillars
To Butterflies.
Independence and interdependence
Are intimately linked,
But it starts with declaring independence.
What better day than today?
I’m looking forward
To the journey ahead!