Seventeen Seventy Six

May the Ink of signatures, never be dulled, nor faded, with God’s Blessings.

Seventeen Seventy Six
By Arley Steinhour 070317

Praise and Glory to You Lord God,
For providing this ‘Nation of the Free,’
Bounties, that man can be ‘Truly Awed,’
By, Being what You Deigned us be.

With the ‘Gift of Choice,’ we Wallow,
Onto the Path, our heart may lead,
To, Eternal Joy, or, Flaming Lake, we Follow,
In, Mortal Preparation, Twain Creed and Greed.

You offer Creed, while, Satan Greed,
‘The Life-Choice we have, in Mortal,’
Believing in Creed, fills ‘Eternal Need,’
Greed Grabs for Sensual, as ‘Normal.’

The Jordan we crossed to ‘Milk and Honey,’
Called Atlantic, a bit too wide to ‘Walk,’
You gave our ships, good wind for Journey,
Blowing Ships to diverse locations, as ‘Life-Chock.’

No matter where people ‘wanted to go,’
You Placed them on Shoreline, Diverse,
Most all suffered some Deadly Life-Blow,
None, found Eden, but, Life that was ‘Terse.’

Many Souls came, Searching Freedom to Pray,
How the Bible-Book directed, they Followed;
Pilgrim, comes to mind, on that Fateful Day,
Plymouth Rock life, with many, Death Swallowed.

Once ‘Pruned,’ they were ready to go beyond,
Inhabitable land, seemed to go without End,
Until, Lewis and Clark, found the ‘Pacific-Pond,’
Claiming all that Christianity unto, would Expand.

At last came the time, Seventeen Seventy Six,
When the King of England refused a Petition,
For Colony acceptance, and ‘Taxation-Mix,’
Taking Colonist’s Income, without ‘Representation.’

The King, said, ‘Go Fish, I’ll do nothing like that,’
And Ordered Campaign, for ‘Gun-Confiscation,’
Patriots fought back, Revolution then Fiat,
Once War was Won, ‘Birth of Constitution.’

Thank you God/Jesus, and Founding Fathers. AMEN