A VISITOR FROM THE PAST..
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 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 hoped you'd 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 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 choice
in how the money's spent."
"Your children have to 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
out of silver or of 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 Satan's number,
as you've traded in your name."
"You've given government control
to those who do you harm,
So they can padlock the 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 people's 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
torch 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 stand and fight.
If he stood by your side, in
a dream, while you're asleep,
And wonders what remains of
our Rights he fought to keep,
What would your answer be, if
he called out from the grave:
"Is this still the land of the
free and home of the brave???"
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