“IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE, THE HOME OF THE BRAVE???”
By Daniel at 21 December, 2009, 10:12 pm
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I had a dream the other night, I did not understand,
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were dirty, as he stood there by my bed.
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:
“We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We wrote the constitution, as a shield from tyranny.
For future generations, this legacy we gave.
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.
“The freedom we secured for you, we’d hoped you’d always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you are no more than a slave.
In this, the land of the free, the home of the brave.
“You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun, permits to
start a business, or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent
Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money’s spent.
You read the current news, in a regulated press
You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S.
“Your money is no longer made of silver and gold
You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled
You pay for crimes that make our nation, turn from God in shame
You’ve taken satans number, and traded in your name.
“You’ve given government control, to those who do you harm.
So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm
And keep our country in debt, put men of God in jail, harass your
fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail.
Your leaders ship artillery, and guns to foreign shores, and send your
Sons to slaughter, fighting other peoples wars.
“Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don’t you have the courage, or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you’ll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children, to live in fear and be a slave?
“People of the Republic, arise and take a stand !!
Defend the constitution, the supreme law of the land !!
Preserve our great Republic, and God-given right !!
And pray to God, to keep the flames of freedom burning bright !!”
As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came
His words were true, we are not free, we, have ourselves to blame.
For even now, as tyrants trample each God-given right,
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to fight.
If he stood at your bedside, in a dream, while you sleep
And wonders what remains of our rights he fought to keep,
What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave:
“IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE,
THE HOME OF THE BRAVE???”
Author:
WOLF366
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Think about these words as you look around you…….
Your family, friends and neighbors, they, like you, struggle……they, like you, are the Sons and Daughters of this Republic!
Those who have betrayed think that what has happened will free them from the turmoils to come, nay, they, will b e the first to be ousted….Fools!!
We must rebuild what they have destroyed. Take heart and stay steadfast, our time comes……..
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