Fleeting Freedoms

Elderly man’s fishing net hangs in his shed The fish he caught in his backyard stream multiply Net use was banned; he couldn’t afford a pole Joy and sustenance gone, a tear falls from his eye House Bill 875 would ban backyard farms Forcing vegetable growers to invest cash In overpriced produce on supermarket shelves Uncle Sam flexes his muscle, makes his whip lash The right to freely worship is endangered As prayer is prohibited in public schools Government intrusion invades all our lives Public pleas are not heard by those who make rules Freedom to choose our doctors is now threatened Socialized medicine diminishes choice Speech censorship? Just ask the Smothers Brothers Who canceled their own show with a stifled voice As crime escalates, look to the constitution The NRA spends billions to protect Americans' rights To bear arms against oppressors while thieves laugh And sue owners of homes invaded in the night Can this be what our forefathers had in mind When they sought to escape a king’s tyranny? Our rights are being limited more each day In a nation spawned to promote liberty Natural disasters prelude Judgment Day Eerie escalation – tsunamis, earthquakes But perhaps when the dust finally settles Those who survive will learn from our past mistakes Governments will form only to preserve peace Not to strip away rights ancestors pursued Don’t blink! Precious freedoms are now endangered By those who feel they’re elected to intrude