when freedom came
it was hard to recognize
so much forgotten
with all the hate
and all the lies
too many lives laied down
without a cry or a sound
freedom got lost
we got too blind
to turn it around
now is time
Stand
and turn it around
Stand
make a joyful sound
Stand
like you once knew how
Stand
freedom will free us all
Soon if you stand up now
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th