"Freedom and Liberty: The Price We Pay!"
Submitted by: Joseph Spence Sr
Category: Poetry
The price we pay for our freedom is not contained in a man’s wallet,
Nor is liberty a currency found in a female fancy Gucci pocketbook.
It’s not in anyone’s liquidity portfolio investment bank records,
Nor is it contained in anybody's “Wall Street” premier trust fund accounts.
Reverently, the price we pay is not derived from ensuing wealth.
The red blood of freedom travels naturally in our veins—immutable!
Freedom has been ordained from creation in the lives of all people.
Liberty runs from heart to heart, inspires from soul to soul—sours like an eagle!
It’s linking parents to children, brother to sister, displaying courage.
Generations standing on the shoulders of generations—a fighting refuge!
The price we pay for our freedom and liberty—will never be free!
Historical accounts tried; produced no detailed cost—"It’s a sacred decree!”
The price paid has clearly left budgets—fragmented and unbalanced,
Red poppies blooming in the fields of courageous remembrance!
It has triggered aching souls, caused running nostrils, and weeping eyes.
Ladies wearing dark veils, and men black suits—great spirits that never die!
Uplifting hand and heads under the moon and sparkling stars at night.
Courage inspiring life in delight to continue the fight without—fright nor flight!.
Many looking forward to more significant liberating inspiration to come.
Brilliantly embracing the shining new embolden golden rays of the rising sun.
Such a priceless premium runs in our veins and precious arteries.
The price paid for liberty and freedom is entrenched in our hearts naturally!
Have an awesome day, don't forget to pray, stay encouraged, inspired, ingenious, resilient, mindful, enlightened, and blessed always!
© His Excellency, Ambassador, Professor, Honorable, Dr. Joseph S. Spence Sr. USA. (Epulaeryu Master)!
About the author:
Dr. Joseph S. Spence, Sr., Major (ret) United States Army (Epulaeryu Master), served with the 75th Airborne Rangers, 12th Special Forces Group, and the 101st Airborne Division as an enlisted soldier. Upon winning the Soldier of the Month Award for the 1/502nd Infantry "First Strike Battalion," 101st Airborne Division, he spent the day with the Command Sergeant Major, and the Brigade Commander, Colonel Colin Luther Powell (Retired Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff). Colonel Powell's military record inspired him, and as a buck sergeant, he departed the 101st Airborne Division and was accepted into Howard University ROTC officer's commissioning program. He served as the 2nd in command of the Cadet Corps, and the special assistant to the professor of military science. He received the Distinguished Military Graduate and Daughters of American Revolution Awards upon graduation, with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant infantry officer, and his choice assignment to the 82nd Airborne Division as an infantry rifle platoon leader. He completed 26-years of faithful and courageous service to America. He is the author of ten inspirational poetry books. His most recent is, "Sincerely Speaking Spiritually." He donated one hundred percent royalties from five of his books to charity to assist with health care for the first responders in the terrorist hijacked aircraft attacks on the World's Trade Center Towers in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.