Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Song of My Canadian Heart

 

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." -Cicero


Does it still echo the sound of democracy?

 

With heightened imagination

 Welcomed into the spirit of a question

The essence of a symbol resonates

A call to understanding

To freely think and dream

 

To conquer mind

To rule emotions

To enjoy health and resiliency

On our Own Terms

 

Formulate individual expectations

Forged in the wisdom of Consciousness

Never forgetting the value of perspectives

Which ever reveal the true gifts of a nation

 

With all of its diversity of experiences

Cultures, traditions, histories, narratives

Sculpted in shadow and light

Liberty is celebrated again and again

 

Hear the growling bears and leaping pink salmon

Majestic moose and ever diligent beavers

Roaring coastal sprays and the silent Rocky Mountains

Windy wheatfields and freshly melting glaciers

 

Hand moves to heart

The song lifts life towards a cherished ideal

Transcending any piece of geography

Drawn on a map of ownership

 

The freedom cry of the spirit

Takes us beyond planetary home

Reaches into the realms of the Universal

Which sustains the very essence of Nature

 

While here on the ground

A dying leaf still glows

In brave red hues

Reminding us to stay true

 

To the divine spark of life we are

 

The priviledge to defend it

 

Sing confidently under the wet boughs of a wild Maple Tree

 

 

GF Mar4 /2022

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