Democracy Ill

A poem for the triumph of democracy in America

Statue of Liberty. July 4, 1986: First Lady Nancy Reagan (in red) reopens the statue to the public

Oh democracy, do not die.
Your light spreads out across the seas
Bringing hope to all those who lie
Under yokes, longing to be free.
And those of us who are still free
Are watching, some praying, for you
That somehow you will still come through
And do not fall to …