What's Right
What’s Right is letting people speak,
be they a genius or absurd,
and let people judge for themselves
the content of the words,
To let them turn those words to text
and spread them out there, far and wide,
the people will decide themselves
which will live and which will die.
What’s Right is letting folks believe
in which Gods (or not) they choose,
and not to interfere with them
unless they come infringe on you.
To make it clear this is the deal
to imperialist faiths,
drop the anger for this lifetime
and we’ll all live in a safe place.
What’s Right is protecting yourself,
taking steps to ensure your life,
so if any try to end you
they can be met with gun and knife.
To know it’s not just your life
that you may have to defend,
that if you are not vigilant
then your freedoms soon will end.
What’s Right is owning property,
which you have worked for and have earned,
to not take from any others,
even when jealousy burns.
To build a life by your own sweat,
and appreciate the sacrifice,
it’s time you’ve given up for this,
so don’t let others treat it light.
What’s Right is demanding justice,
not the loud crowing of the mob,
innocent until it’s proven,
no soul’s freedom should be robbed
because they are not popular,
or in pubic favor they lack,
all deserved to be judged upon
nothing more than objective fact.
What’s Right is chosing leaders
to form up the government,
not tolerating those who rule
without fair election’s consent.
To keep the politicians leashed
and never trust them at all,
without constraint even your side
will soon lead us to a fall.
What’s Right is being moral,
and living by an honor code,
without this too many people
to dark places swiftly go.
To never take control of folks,
you have no right upon their lives,
if you force people to ‘do good,’
then you’ve become an evil guy.
What’s Right is cherishing family,
our society’s building block,
all who would tell you otherwise
are just selling you a crock.
Some think they can replace it,
but no power ever will,
to protect them a decent soul
must even be prepared to kill.
What’s Right has brought prosperity,
such that our poor people are fat,
what other kind of system
has brought us results like that?
What’s Right has made us blessed
amongst all of mankind’s nations…
What’s Left are just the crap ideas
that destroy civilization.
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2019
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