The things many have
worked so hard to get:
freedom,
opportunity,
independence
are often taken for granted
by those who have benefitted
by the sacrifice of others.
And still,
in “the land of the free,
and the home of the brave,”
so many have locked themselves up
in their own minds,
have told themselves
opportunity has passed them by,
have pushed people away
and called it independence.
We must never forget
what has already been accomplished,
the battles lost and won,
and know there is still
much to be done.