Writer's Workshop - Freedom

This week, I am just a wee bit late joining the Writer's workshop over at Mama Kat's.  But, better late than never, so here are the rules: 
Choose a prompt, post it on your blog, and come back to add your name to the link list over HERE. Be sure to sign up with the actual post URL and not just your basic blog URL (click on the title of your post for that URL).  For good comment karma try to comment on the three blogs above your name!!
Hope to see you there! 


The Prompts:

1.) A list of 10 old TV shows you’d like to make a comeback.
2.) A post your mom would write if your mom wrote posts.
3.) Do you love it or hate it? An open letter to your child’s latest obsession.
4.) We just celebrated America’s Independence! Write a poem about what freedom means to you.
5.) It’s hot, the kids are home and crazy, our pets are panting, the days are long…share your number one Summer Survival Tip.
6.) Milkshakes, smoothies, margaritas and more…create a video showing how to make your favorite frozen drink.

I chose number 4.  A poem about freedom.

Because They Met

By Patricia A. Pitterle

In the year of 1776

A group of men did meet

Together in a secret room,

Fifty six did take their seats.

Each man, one by one,

Did sign his name in pen.

Each one knew the cost

Of what they did begin.

It was a revolution

Of freedom from the past

A chance to make a difference

And start anew, at last.

Each man had a vision

Of what the world could be;

If only we were free from those

Who would take our liberty.

And so we celebrate each year

A part of our history;

The creation of a nation

That wanted to be free.

We wave the flag of freedom,

As our veterans march by,

And then with awe and wonder, watch

As fireworks burst in the sky.

They blaze in trails of glory

Sparkling red and blue and white.

Eyes opened wide, and heads tipped back

We watch them fade from sight.

With songs and cheers and shouts

We lift our hearts in glee

Because those men met in that room

And we are now all free.