On This Blessed Shore

On this blessed shore, every gate opens wide around sunset and dawn, and the foreigners flow in...like waves rolling along; all movements and images sketched in linear prospective as if reality didn't exist, permitting subsistence not to evade from the sublunary harbor draped in aqua suede. Many explorers from the Old Word paid her a visit on slow vessels loaded with necessities, in the hope of finding precious stones and gold; and Columbus succeeded in his quest, and all of these he brought back... a new frontier was discovered and millions flocked to these friendly shores with empty pockets, but with dreams that would have made that young nation great. On this blessed shore, all are welcome if their character is good, and the desire to get wealthy, with persistent sacrifice, is reflected in their undisputed honesty and endurance; Emma Lazarus wrote of these immigrants in her immortal sonnet, which the wretched, the impoverished and the persecuted cannot ignore... Read it again, doesn't it ask your libertarian souls to devour it more? On this blessed shore, peace dwells at a tremendous cost, soldiers have gone to foreign lands to fight, so that it may never lose its God-given right... to spread it beyond its bounderies for all nations to admire; and the proud citizens sing their national anthem to enhance its worth... how can a Nation, guided and protected by God, not rejoice in its freedom? Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci