July 5, 2018

standard protest
flags salute color filled bombs
dogs swallow Xanax

July 4, 2014

explosions color
enlightening darkened skies
freedom in truth

behind barbed wire
escape plans concocted
freedom lacks value

ocean stretches free
reaching toward bluest skies
ships circumnavigate

feet shuffle across
shackled to ancient vision
freedom breathes shallow

lycra against skin
wind caresses used muscles
uphill breathes freely

solar’s energy
breaking free through cloud cover
distant erections