In this election year and in the midst of the pandemic, it makes at least me want to review those things that America is supposed to stand for as our moral compass.
Sustaining Liberty
by Michael Doyle
Inherent as sisters and brothers
Is that no one rules another
Through all society's compact stays
These are freedom's sweet days
Filled with the fragrance of equality
For lives lived in truest liberty
All other rights from these derive
It is then the basis on which we thrive
If we do not give another our consent
Then their right to rule is absent
No one then has the right to dominate
A free people will not enslave their fate
But rather from consent is formed country
A social compact that will give society
There in the acquiescence to subordination
But, it only exists as agreed on in station
Consent of the governed to the government
The principles to which the people assent
In return the government is to provide protection
This is sacred to our cherished institutions
Armed forces and developed foreign policy
Are necessary to the preservation of liberty
Our borders must, of course, be maintained
For the integrity of our nation to be sustained
Also in our protection is to prevent crime
Constitutions and law protect us in our time
Sacrosanct is the protection of life, liberty and property
For which all three branches provide with dignity
Or, at least, these were the principles of our nation
Somehow the absence of budget has lost prioritization
And this differs greatly from the duty of preservation
Of natural rights as the social contract for our nation
(c) April 20, 2020 Michael Doyle
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