To dream heroic dreams – v3

Men like Copernicus, Columbus,
John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan
able to see, a vision beyond our boundaries
out into that bright unknown

Not stuck in our current state
bound by dust, by a sense of decay
wanting a brighter day
a hope for a better tomorrow

To dream heroic dreams
come what may
fighting to rise above
our dust, our miry clay

With God as our compass
holding onto God’s rights
liberty, with justice, compassion
seeking a brighter tomorrow

In heroic dreams for America
restored, renewed
leading the way to that future
ever stronger, beyond the horizon before us


January 28, 2012
a phrase from Newt Gingrich’s interview
(taken from Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1981;
read – http://www.dreamheroicdreams.com/reagan_words.aspx
see – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cEhtge_BE)
with Greta Van Susteren
“On the Record”,
January 27, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/01/28/newt-prospect-president-gingrich-horrifying-washingtons-old-guard?page=3

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