The Gift Declined

12.31.2020

 

A gift

The gift of freedom

Boxed by the laws designed for it

Wrapped by the souls who fought for it

Bowed by the arms committed to defend it

 

But through eyes of evil

Its value skewed

Misshapen

 

Now We the People

Some in ignorance

Mistaken

 

Freedom resigned

The gift declined

 

If they’d just open it

They’d see

Before throwing away

What they’ve taken for granted;

To be free

Before walking away

From the Land of the Free

If they’d just open it

They’d see

 

Why it was boxed by the laws designed for it

Why it was wrapped by the souls who fought for it

Then bowed by the arms committed to defend it

 

They’d see the priceless value

It is to be free

And why freedom resigned

The gift declined

Too late, but they’d finally see

To throw it away

The greatest mistake in history