Democracy

Democracy is a concept that drives the human soul
It reaches out to you and me and leads us to our goal
It shows us how to share and give and
Do our level best
At keeping ourselves and those we love
Participants in the quest.

There is no higher calling of that we can be certain
Than to pen the final verse on life’s eternal curtain
We came we saw we lit the torch
We fought with all our glory
To keep the faith with one and all
In history’s moving story.

Where were you on that fateful day
in January of 2021?
When thugs attacked our Capitol
The fight had just begun.
Whose side were you rooting for?
History knows and you can bet
It cannot be undone.

They say a coward dies a thousand deaths
A hero dies but once
And so the moving finger writes the names
of those that it confronts;
Neither you nor I can change a word
Or make heroes out of runts.

But deeds will tell our story
As freedom takes one on the chin
There is no greater glory
When heroes fight to win--
Cowards craw back into the swamp
And Democracy flourishes again.