thedrifter
02-19-03, 01:20 PM
A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT,I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
A FIGURE WALKING THROUGH THE MIST, WITH A FLINTLOCK IN HIS HAND.
HIS CLOTHES WERE TORN AND DIRTY, AS HE STOOD BY THE BED.HE TOOK OFF HIS THREE CORNERED HAT, AND SPEAKING LOUD,HE SAID:
WE FOUGHT A REVOLUTION, TO SECURE OUR LIBERTY.
WE WROTE THE CONSTITUTION, AS A SHEILD FROM TYRANNY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS,THIS LEGACY WE GAVE:
IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE, AND HOME OF THE BRAVE.
A FREEDOM WE SECURED FOR YOU, WE HOPED YOU'D ALWAYS KEEP.
BUT TYRANTS LABORED ENDLESSLY,WHILE YOUR PARENTS WERE ASLEEP.
YOUR FREEDOM GONE AND YOUR COURAGE LOST, YOU ARE JUST A SLAVE,
IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE, AND HOME OF THE BRAVE.
YOU BUY PERMITS TO TRAVEL, AND PERMITS TO OWN A GUN.
PERMITS TO START A BUSINESS, OR TO BUILD A PLACE FOR ONE.
ON THE LAND YOU BELEIVE IS YOUR OWN, AN YOU PAY A YEARLY RENT.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE IN CHOOSING, HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT.
YOUR CHILDREN MUST ATTEND A SCHOOL, THAT DOESN'T EDUCATE.
YOUR MORAL VALUES CAN'T BE TAUGHT ACCORDING TO THE STATE.
YOU READ ABOUT THE CURRENT NEWS, IN A REGULATED PRESS.
YOU PAY A TAX YOU DO NOT OWE, TO APPEASE THE IRS.
YOUR MONEY IS NO LONGER MADE, OF SILVER OR GOLD
YOU TRADE YOUR WEALTH FOR PAPER, AS YOUR LIFE CAN BE CONTROLLED.
YOU PAY FOR CRIMES THAT MAKE OUR NATION, TURN FROM GOD IN SHAME.
YOU'VE TAKEN SATAN'S NUMBER, AS YOU TRADED IN YOUR NAME.
YOU'VE GIVEN GOVERMENT CONTROLS TO THOSE WHO WOULD DO YOU HARM.
PADLOCK YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS, AND STEAL THE FAMILY FARM.
KEEP OUR COUNTRY DEEP IN DEBT, AND PUT THOSE WHO DISSENT IN JAIL.
HARASS YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, WHILE CORRUPTED COURTS PREVAIL.
YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS DON'T UPHOLD, THE SOLEMN OATH THEY'VE SWORN.
THEY INTERFERE IN YOUR CHOICE, WHETHER CHILDREN WILL BE BORN.
YOUR LEADERS, THEY SHIP ARTILLERY, AND GUNS TO FOREIGN SHORES.
AND SENT YOUR SONS TO SLAUGHTER, FIGHTTING OTHER PEOPLE'S WARS
CAN YOU REGAIN THE FREEDOM, FOR WHICH WE FOUGHT AND DIED
OR DON'T YOU HAVE THE COURAGE, OR THE FAITH TO STAND WITH PRIDE?
ARE THERE NO MORE VALUES, FOR WHICH YOU'LL FIGHT TO SAVE?
OR DO YOU WISH YOUR CHILDREN, TO LIVE IN FEAR AND BE A SLAVE?
SONS OF THE REPUBLIC, ARISE AND TAKE A STAND.
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION,THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND.
PRESERVE OUR GREAT REPUBLIC, AND EACH GOD-GIVEN RIGHT.
AND PRAY TO GOD TO KEEP THE TORCH,OF FREEDOM BURNING BRIGHT.
AND AS I WOKE HE VANISHED, INTO THE MIST FROM WHENCE HE CAME.
HIS WORDS ARE TRUE, WE ARE NOT FREE;WE HAVE OURSELVES TO BLAME.
FOR EVEN NOW AS TYRANTS TRAMPLE,EACH GOD GIVEN RIGHT;
WE ONLY WATCH AND TREMBLE,TOO AFRAID TO STAND AND FIGHT.
IF HE STOOD BY YOUR BEDSIDE,IN A DREAM WHILE YOU WERE ASLEEP...
AND WONDERED AT WHAT REMAINS, OF THE RIGHTS HE FOUGHT TO KEEP. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ANSWER, AS HE CALLED OUT FROM THE GRAVE:
"IS THIS THE LAND OF THE FREE, AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?"
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Sempers,
Roger
I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT,I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
A FIGURE WALKING THROUGH THE MIST, WITH A FLINTLOCK IN HIS HAND.
HIS CLOTHES WERE TORN AND DIRTY, AS HE STOOD BY THE BED.HE TOOK OFF HIS THREE CORNERED HAT, AND SPEAKING LOUD,HE SAID:
WE FOUGHT A REVOLUTION, TO SECURE OUR LIBERTY.
WE WROTE THE CONSTITUTION, AS A SHEILD FROM TYRANNY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS,THIS LEGACY WE GAVE:
IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE, AND HOME OF THE BRAVE.
A FREEDOM WE SECURED FOR YOU, WE HOPED YOU'D ALWAYS KEEP.
BUT TYRANTS LABORED ENDLESSLY,WHILE YOUR PARENTS WERE ASLEEP.
YOUR FREEDOM GONE AND YOUR COURAGE LOST, YOU ARE JUST A SLAVE,
IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE, AND HOME OF THE BRAVE.
YOU BUY PERMITS TO TRAVEL, AND PERMITS TO OWN A GUN.
PERMITS TO START A BUSINESS, OR TO BUILD A PLACE FOR ONE.
ON THE LAND YOU BELEIVE IS YOUR OWN, AN YOU PAY A YEARLY RENT.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE IN CHOOSING, HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT.
YOUR CHILDREN MUST ATTEND A SCHOOL, THAT DOESN'T EDUCATE.
YOUR MORAL VALUES CAN'T BE TAUGHT ACCORDING TO THE STATE.
YOU READ ABOUT THE CURRENT NEWS, IN A REGULATED PRESS.
YOU PAY A TAX YOU DO NOT OWE, TO APPEASE THE IRS.
YOUR MONEY IS NO LONGER MADE, OF SILVER OR GOLD
YOU TRADE YOUR WEALTH FOR PAPER, AS YOUR LIFE CAN BE CONTROLLED.
YOU PAY FOR CRIMES THAT MAKE OUR NATION, TURN FROM GOD IN SHAME.
YOU'VE TAKEN SATAN'S NUMBER, AS YOU TRADED IN YOUR NAME.
YOU'VE GIVEN GOVERMENT CONTROLS TO THOSE WHO WOULD DO YOU HARM.
PADLOCK YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS, AND STEAL THE FAMILY FARM.
KEEP OUR COUNTRY DEEP IN DEBT, AND PUT THOSE WHO DISSENT IN JAIL.
HARASS YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, WHILE CORRUPTED COURTS PREVAIL.
YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS DON'T UPHOLD, THE SOLEMN OATH THEY'VE SWORN.
THEY INTERFERE IN YOUR CHOICE, WHETHER CHILDREN WILL BE BORN.
YOUR LEADERS, THEY SHIP ARTILLERY, AND GUNS TO FOREIGN SHORES.
AND SENT YOUR SONS TO SLAUGHTER, FIGHTTING OTHER PEOPLE'S WARS
CAN YOU REGAIN THE FREEDOM, FOR WHICH WE FOUGHT AND DIED
OR DON'T YOU HAVE THE COURAGE, OR THE FAITH TO STAND WITH PRIDE?
ARE THERE NO MORE VALUES, FOR WHICH YOU'LL FIGHT TO SAVE?
OR DO YOU WISH YOUR CHILDREN, TO LIVE IN FEAR AND BE A SLAVE?
SONS OF THE REPUBLIC, ARISE AND TAKE A STAND.
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION,THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND.
PRESERVE OUR GREAT REPUBLIC, AND EACH GOD-GIVEN RIGHT.
AND PRAY TO GOD TO KEEP THE TORCH,OF FREEDOM BURNING BRIGHT.
AND AS I WOKE HE VANISHED, INTO THE MIST FROM WHENCE HE CAME.
HIS WORDS ARE TRUE, WE ARE NOT FREE;WE HAVE OURSELVES TO BLAME.
FOR EVEN NOW AS TYRANTS TRAMPLE,EACH GOD GIVEN RIGHT;
WE ONLY WATCH AND TREMBLE,TOO AFRAID TO STAND AND FIGHT.
IF HE STOOD BY YOUR BEDSIDE,IN A DREAM WHILE YOU WERE ASLEEP...
AND WONDERED AT WHAT REMAINS, OF THE RIGHTS HE FOUGHT TO KEEP. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ANSWER, AS HE CALLED OUT FROM THE GRAVE:
"IS THIS THE LAND OF THE FREE, AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?"
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Sempers,
Roger