COME TO ME

I am the

Lady Liberty

Come to me,

With a willingness

To learn, to work

To be free

I remind you, now,

That all of this

Comes with a heavy price:

Responsibility.

When you sail

Into my harbor

From your country

Near or far ~

Make sure

You know

What you are coming for

Many a good man

And a good woman, too,

Left this harbor for foreign Lands

To protect me and you.

So, enter ~

This is a wonderful

And complicated place

I will welcome you

With seasoned grace

And ask that you

Do the things

That are right, and true

I will welcome you

With my lamp held high

With my arm upraised

To the heavens and sky

Will my borders

Be more secure

Because of you?

If you can answer

In the affirmative

Then you will be

welcomed

As other people

Were before……..

You may enter

Through the harbor door

And spend your life

Working for this

Country and her

Freedoms, from

Shore to shore……

If you agree,

You are the people

We are looking for;

Come to me

From across the sea

And help to keep us free

This country, with all

Her flaws

Is worth defending

In any cause.

Come to me,

But legally;

Make a home

Raise your children

Be a citizen

Be free.

Come to me.

© Christina 5/12/07