Forget Me Not

Settle in this evening fair,
for not contrite this humble
gift donned of sweet liberty
by purposed men baptized in
blood and cannon-fire.

Forget me not.
Honor prevailed at the
hands of heroes sacrificed
upon your hallowed eve
of independence.

Did dawn not find
our coats bled red?
Nay, to contrary,
our coats still bleed blue eternal
upon that crimson field
of sacrificed sons
and lamenting fathers.

Should not liberty
have begotten justice
upon the redcoat
borne of Patriot blood?

Desperate independence quartered
no crown in patriot provision then.
Yet, now propagate traitors among us?
The turncoat in contempt haunts me
well beyond my living days.

Shall I find scarlet
upon the back of my son?
The breast of my daughter?
the hearts of my children
centuries hence?

Surely, I returned then,
glorified in union
...and independence.
Is it not written?

This union I gifted freely to you.
Sired by blood.
bequeathed by bravery.
Defended by honor.

Established by right.
Principled in equality.
Purposed in liberty.
For all men.
Copyright © 2008 Kevin V. Reese

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