Saturday, July 4, 2020

INDEPENDENCE DAY (2010)



























For my grandsons, Aidan, Christopher and Nicholas




INDEPENDENCE DAY

 
We celebrate our Freedom
The fourth of each July
Two hundred years and counting
Do we ever wonder why
Our soldiers keep on dying
Dying for a lie


The senators and congress
Will tell us we are free
How many can believe this
As they trample Liberty
How many see the truth
About the criminals in D.C.


Our losses keep on mounting
As the government steals our homes
As taxes do deprive us
Of everything we own
In their arrogance they tell us
It's only yours on loan


When we try to buy or sell
Without a REAL I.D.
They make our lives a living hell
For daring to be free
It's for the greater good they say
National Security


They track us everywhere we go
With high technology
From dedicated satellites
See all there is to see
What about the Fourth Amendment
What about our privacy


They grab our guns, disarming us
How can we stand and fight
How can we defend ourselves
From invaders in the night
Or from the thugs in government
Who say we have no right


If we argue with a cop
Or question his authority
He might zap us with a taser
If we do not bend a knee
If we stand up for our Freedom
And challenge tyranny
They may lock us up in jail
And throw away the key


If we can't protect our borders
How can we stem the tide
Of freeloading illegals
In search of a free ride
When we protest against this outrage
The government takes their side


The psychobabbling liberals
Crusade for sodomites
Minorities and perverts
They say have special rights
The offenders now are Christians
Who witness for the Lord
Hate crimes will condemn us
For speaking God's Truth and Word


What happened to the Rule of Law
It vanished in the night
While Americans were sleeping
Not putting up a fight
The tyrants laugh behind our backs
For them it's Might makes Right


How long will this continue
How much more can we take
How many of us realize
Exactly what's at stake


What will we be doing
On Independence Day
Will we stand up for our Freedom
Or let traitors have their way


Will we just succumb to tyranny
As they pillage, rape and burn
As they steal our children's future
And our grandchildren's in turn


Or will we fight for Liberty
And set our country free
Will we cower before tyrants
Or shout, Don't Tread on Me!



Barbara Hartwell
July 2, 2010