A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
A POEM
By; Thelan Paulk 1980?
I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by the bed.
He took off his three cornered hat, 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 hoped you would always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave.
In this, the land of the free and 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 a land that you believe you own you pay a yearly rent.
While you have no voice in choosing how the money is spent."
"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian values can't be taught according to the state.
You read about the current news, in a regulated press.
You pay a tax you do not owe to please the IRS."
"Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold.
You traded in 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 as you've 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 deep in debt, put men of God in jail,
harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail."
"your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn.
Your daughters visit doctors so their children won't be born.
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 to stand with faith and pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children live in fear and be a slave?"
"Sons of the republic, arise and take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our Great Republic and each God Given Right!
and pray to God, to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!"
As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from which 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 stand and fight."
If he stood by your bedside in a dream, while you were asleep.
and wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep.
What we be your answer if he called out from the grave?
"IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?"
_______________
Are sincere Americans brave enough to publicly accept the root definition of freedom of speech?
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...Of-Free-Speech
Site Information
About Us
- RonPaulForums.com is an independent grassroots outfit not officially connected to Ron Paul but dedicated to his mission. For more information see our Mission Statement.
Connect With Us