Monday, March 18, 2024

 
The Patriot's Dream

The patriot's dream remembers its fathers
And it dreams for its children to come
It waves the flag
And gets ragtag
Whenever it hears freedom's drum

We live in a land of patriots
I count them on every hand
They come by ones
They come by twos
They come to join our band

When you hear the call of freedom
Answer with a patriot's march
Step lightly and lively
Step quick and precisely
Step under liberty's arch

Sunday, March 17, 2024

 
Heart that Beats for Freedom

The heart that beats for freedom
Hears it like a drum
It likes the sound
It likes the beat
It likes the rumba-bum

The heart that beats for freedom
Keeps its ear unto the ground
It hears the hoofsteps
Of freedom coming
And loves to hear their sound

 
If the Messengers Bail

Better to be a voice that's not heard
Than a voice that's not offered
Better to have them turn a deaf ear
Than to fail to say what needs to be authored

The ears of the land grow weary of Trump
It's all that they ever hear
The ears of our nation want to move on
Away from him they want to steer

But the threat remains
And its depth retains
All the urgency it's ever had
And the message will continue to be failing
If the messengers are bailing
From reporting how Trump is bad

 


I Give You My Regard

Is it expecting too much from one of us,
even from all of us? 
Oh, you know the expectation -- 
or do you?
We must study the candidates
Know them through and through

A little much for me
A little much for you
There's just so much to unload
about Trump and Biden, too

Trump -- four criminal cases,
ninety-one charges
Toss in civil cases
Just so much to know
you could haul it in on barges

Now, tell me,
do you know the status of each case
and what it 's all about?
Do you know enough to judge
whether he's a hero or a lout?

Now, bring in Joe Biden
Let him take the stand
Let him defend himself
from accusations throughout the land

Being a knowledgeable voter
has never been so hard
So if you are succeeding,
I give you my regard

 
Sensory Overload

Sensory overload:

Too much Trump --
It's all we ever hear

And yet there's so much more
we need to know
About this man we ought to fear

Saturday, March 16, 2024

 
You Choose
 
You choose your freedom by your strength
It's not for those who are weak
The weak person soon succumbs
Gives in to what rulers seek

The weak person never sees tyranny coming
For his friends assure him things are safe
And like a yes-man he follows Donald Trump
Believing him a hero in a hero's cape

Friday, March 15, 2024

 

Lead a Horse to Water

The old phrase, Looking at the sun and denying that it's there
Yes, that comes to mind
The sun is up there, but sometimes it's almost as if we are blind

Or there's the thought, You can lead a horse to water,
but you cannot make it drink
Oh, I wish we could entice Americans to really think

Bless them all, the millions of Americans
But cannot they see Donald Trump's shenanigans?

What of the ninety-one criminal counts?
Well then the courts must be corrupt, they announce

What of the two times he was impeached?
They respond that those were decisions politically reached

What of the conviction for sexual assault?
Not the truth -- he has no such fault

What then of the insurrection? Surely you see that
No, it wasn't an insurrection they say and their eyes barely bat

But didn't he say immigrants are polluting the blood of America?
Don't worry, they reply, that is just so much hysteria 

Yes, you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
And you cannot convince them Trump is bad,
though you try until you're pink