QUOTE

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know
anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and
women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns
against humanity and society.


Pope John Paul 2


1920-2005


Perpetual Nights


Days have come of dwindling hope
Entitlements, and no will to cope
Times have appeared to make the way
For people not being allowed to pray


When public policy sets the tone
For your rights to cease and the property you own
And government has too much to say
About how you go about your day


Purpose in life will not exist
The will to work will soon desist
Hands outreaching for government funds
As we make our way to setting suns


Mornings no longer come for us to see
And days get shorter for us to be
A perpetual night will soon set in
As time without liberty will now begin


Day after day it's only night
No longer looking forward to futures bright
Like a baby in diapers we languish about
Our hearts too paralyzed to now have doubts


When there is more life in the dirt on the ground
And freedom is no longer found
Ashes to ashes we become the dust
Blown away with the winds that gust


Freedom was a life we knew so well
We sold it out for a life of hell
Petty entitlements would come our way
Perpetual nights replaced our days


Marian
March 13, 2010