I've alway's loved poetry and the written word because of the beauty of thought, feeling and emotion expressed in a way that no movie script could ever convey.

We all need to be reminded of that tree of liberty of which we all stand united under, trying to escape the weeds entangling....that wish to strangle the roots of which we came.

Many of you probably have read this poem before but I thought that I should add it because of its relevance to the fight for freedom, when our forefathers struck the liberty bell and the ring became like the light of truth which they could not abandon. However, this is an anthem for every country on planet earth that wishes to be sovereign and free from tyranny!

Peace, justice and freedom for all!
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In a chariot of light from the regions of day,
The Goddess of Liberty came;
Ten thousand celestials directed the way
And hither conducted the dame.

A fair budding branch from the gardens above,
Where millions with millions agree,
She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love,
And the plant she named Liberty Tree.

The celestial exotic struck deep in the ground,
Like a native it flourished and bore;
The fame of its fruit drew the nations around,
To seek out this peaceable shore.

Unmindful of names or distinction they came,
For freemen like brothers agree;
With one spirit endued, they one friendship pursued,
And their temple was Liberty Tree.

Beneath this fair tree, like the patriarchs of old,
Their bread in contentment they ate,
Unvexed with the troubles of silver and gold,
The cares of the grand and the great.

With timber and tar they Old England supplied,
And supported her power on the sea;
Her battles they fought, without getting a groat,
For the honor of Liberty Tree.

But hear, O ye swains, 'tis a tale most profane,
How all the tyrannical powers,
Kings, Commons, and Lords, are uniting amain
To cut down this guardian of ours;

From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms
Through the land let the sound of it flee,
Let the far and the near, all unite with a cheer,
In defence of our Liberty Tree.

THOMAS PAINE, 1775