Statues

Lady Liberty is not the tallest statue.
In oppressive regimes, they make them tall.
China, Myanmar,---India has one.
What does it mean?
French artisans made Lady Liberty
To spit in the face of tyrants.
All other statues of the world
Were created by their governments.
Ours, was a gift given to us.
We did not erect it out of hubris.
We were gifted it because we are free.
It was not the gift of one government to another.
It was the gift of oppressed men,
To memorialize our freedom.
Let us remember this.
The height of the statue makes no difference.
Rather, by whom was it bestowed?
Is it a symbol of oppression?
Iron being stolen from the poor?
Or is it an act of love given by oppressed men
As a monument of freedom?