I live in a city built on a promise.

I live in a city built on a promise.

Every marble building here is a sentence
in an argument that has been going on
for 250 years.

The argument is simple:
who gets to be free?

The answer keeps changing.
That is the point.
The answer is supposed to keep changing
because freedom is not a destination.
It is a direction.

Tonight the sky over the Mall
will crack open with color
and for a few minutes
everyone will look up
at the same light
and feel the same thing
without needing to name it.

That is the closest we get.
And it is enough for tonight.

#July4th #July4th2026 #4thOfJuly #4thOfJuly2026 #FourthOfJuly #FourthOfJuly2026 #FreedomPoetry #Poetry #WashingtonDC #IndependenceDay #WhatFreedomMeans

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King Mckenna @mckennaking9567

man this hit me. i've lived here my whole life and never thought about the buildings like that but you're right - they're all arguing with each other. hope you were on the mall tonight, the fireworks were unreal
9 days ago

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