Independence Day

Liberty! 

Justice! 

Freedom!

All corner stones of a great nation right?

Independence of thought, will and action

With an unalienable liberty for beliefs, customs, values 

Most importantly, the practice of prayer in a God of your own understanding,

With equal justice for all men

And a freedom for the love and pursuit of joy and happiness.

Vibrational words 

Marked by human sacrifice 

Now parrot-like repeated 

With what understanding?!

For a moment 

Put aside national independence.

As a citizen in your own body 

Do you know your own voice?

Or is it drowned out by the noise 

Of your conditioned, ego driven mind?

What liberty do you strive for? 

Have you considered the company of your silence,

Where your heart beats and leads; 

Not the burdens of duties, obligations and expectations.

Is there justice in your existence 

For the proclamation of life 

A celebration granting acknowledgement of breath, 

As, is it not, the foundation of every living moment?!

And freedom!

What freedom has been denied?

When here we are 

On the ONE planet, Earth

Amongst a plethora of stars, galaxies and the cosmic web.

Such great qualities in life have never been acquired

They have been GRANTED.

The artificial boundaries, barriers,  

Conjured and conceptualized, 

Giving man seeming power over one another. 

Results ??

Trials of war created 

Supposedly treaties signed 

Societal order, developed and sustained?

What evidence of the painstaking history 

As today with loss of the individual’s 

Self awareness, consciousness, 

Nurturing of dignity and gratitude.

What do we have left!?

If you need to fight 

Fight for and then surrender 

To your inner glory

Where resides the greatest source of

Of all wisdom 

Giving you your liberty, justice and freedom

Once felt, each man will become your brother 

Each foe, seen as your troubled friend.

Differences dissipate 

As the power from within cannot be unseen.

Attend, practice 

To that which shows you your way, 

Let your candle never be dimmed 

Allow your joys’ greatness reign over any challenge.

Reclaim this independence, liberty 

Justice and freedom; 

Your God given rights from birth,

All the way through 

To the very end.