“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin
Threat arises from
Trust betrayed.
How many have
Come to realize
Their terrible choice?
How many are
Willing to rectify
That which they
Beget?
How many will join
The righteous struggle,
Defending the freedoms
We've enjoyed these
Two hundred and fifty
Years, thereby
Preserving the dream
Of the founders and all
Who've come here
Seeking what we have
Taken for granted,
Seeking freedom and
Filled with hope?
Will we add to
Our own betrayal
Of what we've always held
Sacred:
Our inalienable rights,
Our security,
Our country indivisible,
Now coming
Asunder?
In standing by,
In doing nothing,
Do they not realize
They are undoing
All that so many
Have died defending?
Do they not foresee
Evil will find its way
To them,
Robbing them of those things
They believed safe
From persecution?
Because in allowing
The theft of them
From others,
Even they are in danger
Of losing
Their rights of
Life, liberty, and
The pursuit of happiness.
Even they.
The poem delivers its warning with a clear, urgent voice. It’s a forceful meditation on responsibility, vigilance, and the fragility of the freedoms people often assume will endure on their own.
The promises were undeniably attractive to the uninformed and jaded among us. I hope your poem and many other revelations primarily by truth seeking journalists with their on the scene cameras and reporting, will change the mind of the electorate from what they think they want to something more in line with what we really need and should have.
From the land of the milked and honeyed here’s a few political faux pas and a bit of attitude exposed to the harsh light of a Canadian who actually has their own opinion.
From the land of the milked and honeyed here’s a few political faux pas and a bit of attitude exposed to the harsh light of a Canadian who actually has their own opinion.
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The quote from Ben Franklin was priceless.
Ron