Based on the American Revolution and John Jay’s reflections on same:

God Given Liberty
by Michael Romani

There before my eyes
As I look
And with really no surprise
I see the words of John Jay
Who was heard to say
When asked for his final words
That his thoughts on all that's occurred
Are that all words needed are with the Book

For in choosing a nation's path to liberty
And taking the passage away from tyranny
It is his view and that of the observant
That our rulers of state are meant to be servants
And those who violate the rights that God gave
Ingloriously pass us under the yoke that does enslave
Betrayed by our representatives to lesser passions
That resemble the despotic at the sake of compassion

Trodding on through a thick sea of blood
Toward that sweet land of American liberty
We crawl from the bondage of quicksand mud
To escape the oppression of tyranny
In God's outstretched arms we find our refuge
Away from the crumbling violations that will not budge
Delivering us into justice's fair, sweet mercy
And away from the cruel despots' foul heresy

When loyal citizens are subjected to treachery
It can come to feel like absolute slavery
In these days when conscience seems so blind
The strong must be undaunted against the unkind
Remaining unanimously determined, ready and free
Refining their cause to the justice of the Almighty
In a glorious revolution distinguished by Divine interposition
We are inflamed and kindled to fight the tyrant's imposition

(c) May 17, 2017   Michael Romani