Golden Tongues and Silver Bullets
Freedom of speech
is less about freedom from suppression
when more about freedom toward mutual dialogue,
cooperatively held impression
to co-invest in active democratic hope.
Perhaps this is why
First Amendment non-violent communication values
grow in heart-felt significance
as Second Amendment rights to bear violent arms
recede in multicultural salience
safety
security
sanity.
This causal hypothesis
feels further supported
by First Amendment's second part,
freedom to peacefully assemble,
More likely peace found through cooperative dialogue
than lost, again, through ballistic debate,
whether presidential or non-presidential,
featuring the sound of my own heated voice
drowning active hopes of all others present
here and now
longing to be heard
and known
reminded we belong First together
Not Second
to bear arms and words,
weapons against each other.
Having the right
does not make it right
to be violently
and egotistically wrong.
Copyright © Gerald Dillenbeck | Year Posted 2020
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