To read the words is to live today
To breathe now unencumbered
To move about in a vital way
To rest deep in a slumber

To see the light crack through the tree
To witness sky blue in the dawn
To watch the sun fall in the sea
To observe the stars turn on

To play our games with old and young
To work and build and earn
To exercise our legs and lungs
To teach and train and learn

To kneel and offer thanks
To sit and ponder long
To stand upon the banks
To praise the skies in song

Free we are to live and love in this very hour
The valiant left their liberty for sponges dry and sour
Life’s riches we partake in joy for which we paid no price
No greater love, our nation’s friends, laid down in sacrifice.