Here is a poem I wrote several years ago, while watching a fireworks display. As an earlier piece of mine, it is a bit simple, but I hope you like it regardless.
I guess what makes watching fireworks patriotic is just the fact that, noisy as it is, it gives us time to think and focus on our country, and recall all those who gave their lives so that we might live the life that we choose.
So this poem is dedicated to freedom, and all who fight in any way to preserve it. God bless the USA!
We watch and wait
in anticipation:
it's the Fourth of July,
the birthday of our nation!
Then comes a flash,
and then a blast:
the hour-long wait
is over at last!
The fireworks carve
a path in the sky,
deafening the ear
and pleasing the eye.
Stars of light,
and circles too;
red and white
and green and blue.
Silhouetted by flame,
our banner doth fly!
The air is aglow
with fire in the sky!
David Jamison
P.S. I have included below a link to a site with the Declaration of Independence on it. I always include the reading of it as part of my celebration of this day. Who knows, you might find it inspiring too.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
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