Draft at November 2024 | Poetry: Liberty or License


Liberty or License

©2018 Vernon Miles Kerr

She who stands sentinel at the gate of our land,

Constructed lovingly from steel, copper, mortar and sand,

So revered by Americans, Native and not,

Is only a symbol for the Angel of our better nature.

Unlike her image, trapped by the feet forever

The real Liberty knows no borders

And flows through the hearts of Earth’s humble,