After a costly foreign war, <br />Injustices angered the poor, <br />The king didn't much seem to care, <br />So calls to rebel filled the air, <br />Once passions had begun to stir, <br />Blood spilt so power could transfer, <br />The status quo began to fear, <br />Whilst the left felt their day was near, <br />Fuelled by an unfaltering will, <br />Revolution dawned closer still, <br />Brave souls stormed and took the Bastille, <br />Then celebrated the ordeal, <br />Hailed were the seeds of the king's fall, <br />First by few nationals then by all, <br />The chance to bare one's heart and soul, <br />Unites the country as a whole.<br /><br />Christian Lacdael<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bastille-day-french-revolution/
