Image Credit: Super Moon - New York - Julio Cortez
A Lady’s Resolve
She never thought it
would be easy -
She stepped into a
concept
She settled into a
nation’s psyche
She watched nascent
dreams grow
She suffered the flaws
of fanatics
She shook away the
cynic’s acid
She raised the strong
arm of resolution
She steeled herself
for posterity’s sake
She softened her face
for the new
She shook her tablet
at the established
She looked up and
away
She never said it
would be easy -
this welcoming of
strangers
this holding high the
hallowed lamp
this watching the
skies
this picking up
rubble
this pushing aside
fear
this building anew
this act of
forgiveness
this moving on
this raising a new
bastion of freedom
this clearing
collective vision for the future
Lindquist – 7/11/1/3
Initially, the second verse was the first verse .... but then ... personifying Lady Liberty seemed a fun way of approaching this prompt. The things that have happened around this monument are stupifying ... if only she could talk to us.
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I absolutely love Lady Liberty coming to life, gloriously.. with conviction, strength ... everything our country was founded on ~~
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Yes, I liked the personification. Very effective.
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I wish she we would come back.
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