Live Free

 
Man has but one right and one necessity.
In liberty, to walk and live and breathe
and make his way among the living
until at death’s door he breathes his last
never having known the chains of bondage.

Free from indulgences from another’s hand,
nor bound by governmental authority
and it’s gratuitous fount that flows and then restrains
with boundaries all about that enslave
and take away the very right that it was meant to save.

With freedom comes responsibility that must be taken
and made one’s own to live in harmony and peace
with other men who also wear the mantle of liberty.
The cloak of freedom worn proudly but with care
constrained by a conscience, a gift from God above.