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The Rape of Liberty
(A Warning)
Ye vile, ignorant rabble, espousing hate,
Fast marching upon Freedom’s gate,
Shouting down those who would oppose,
Accusing false treason to all their foes,
Minds all closed as great steel traps,
Mobs like wild dogs howl wretched yaps,
Frenzied, they tear at the Sacred Gates,
Fires of Hell at home upon their grates.
Tolerance lies dead at heathens’ feet,
Beaten and crushed in darkened street.
And the mob cries lewdly at fair Liberty,
Leering lustfully at her maiden beauty,
Before they lunge, groping and tearing,
At her unsoiled gown, craven, jeering,
Pulling her rudely to the filthy ground,
As others, drooling, gather tightly round,
There rape her, virgin, in violent rage,
Like wild beasts upon the sideshow stage;
Lady Liberty, bleeding, bruised, rises -
But Liberty this ignorant crowd despises,
And turning upon her again and again,
They complete their bloody, raging sin,
Striking, stabbing ‘til breathes no more,
Lady Liberty upon this darkened shore.
Now the State, all-powerful, their faith,
Their idol-god, ungodly, steals her place,
And tramples all beneath its brutal heel,
Meeting patriotic resistance with steel,
Destroying all who refuse prostrate bow,
Not a voice to be heard for liberty now.
Pray we who loved her, and love her still,
For Liberty’s resurrection on shining hill,
Where once the peoples of all the lands,
Strove to plant feet in democracy’s sands,
For chance at life yet to them unknown,
Guided with Liberty’s torch-light shown.
Oh, may she rise from beleaguered tomb!
Will Freedom again for America bloom?
Oh, may we strive to stoke sacred flame,
‘Til Liberty rises, resurrected, yet again!
Hold to hope, ye lovers of democracy,
And never to the State willing vassals be! |
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Copyright April 29th, 2009, by Tom Woodard
NOTE: Are we at this point yet? I think not, but yet much closer than might appear to the unwary. Friends, lovers of Liberty, we MUST be vigilant! Else we will lose all that we treasure and extol in our fragile land of Freedom. Freedom, indeed, is not free. It must be fought for, guarded, and defended. And what a burden we bear, for we must defend the liberties of those who would destroy Liberty. We must defend the freedom of speech of those who would deny us our own! Otherwise our fight is hollow, our convictions shallow.
We must either be up to the task, and willing to sacrifice all, or lose all. All that has defined America for 200 years and more. Oh, “the land of the free, and the home of the brave”! May we be counted with the later now that our turn to defend the honor of Lady Liberty has come. Amen.
Tom Woodard | |
