Sounds Of My Patriotic Holiday Weekend

fireworks over washington

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children giggling
softballs slapping and pinging
chairs scraping
fireworks booming
burgers and corn sizzling
water splashing
milkshake slurping
feet slapping
dog toenails clicking
swings creaking
children yawning
soft snoring

A special thanks to the US military that has made it possible for me to enjoy my life in freedom.

Sunday Poem ~ A Nation’s Strength

washington praying
Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor’s sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly –
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson