Some Men Claim
(A refuge of Lies)
Some men claim, to their own shame,
to know the American Constitution.
Then, oddly prefer, and wicked Judges concur,
in the innocent babies exclusion.
Yet, our inalienable right; the first one in sight,
is to life, that God has rendered.
Liberty, then happiness follow in process:
deny the first, and all are tendered.
Some men, of late, divide Church and State,
while religious humanism gains inclusion.
I fail to see, for the life of me,
how they can reach this conclusion.
The Constitutional intent was totally meant,
as a curb on Federal power taking.
And, lest we forget, all other power yet,
was reserved for states and people's making.
The pact don't mandate separation of Church and state:
that was culled from Jefferson's private letter.
So, don't claim, as some, that it came from,
the Constitution, - for we know better.
Pride - the father of sin, bade this evil come in,
and twisted the truth into a lie.
I pray God awaken some for the battle to come;
that America's promise will not die.
Forgive this wicked sin, bid us to come in,
to a most Holy reformation.
Lord, let us see thy work in that decree,
and turn us from national ruination.
See Constitution, Declaration of Independence,and
Bill of Rights.
Lionel
Copyright © Lionel Ledbetter | Year Posted 2011
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