Fragile Freedom

Freedom is fragile as it is not free

rare it is for a country

almost all on this earth

get slavery at their hearth

Instead of freedom to speak

let down and forgotten, need

expression of the soul to be free.

Freedom is fragile as it is not free

remember those who died for thee

entering their blood so you can speak

ending their life so the stars you reach

don't think we don't need to fight

on and in every generation in sight

making this country free for you and me.

Freedom is fragile as it is not free

remember we need to fight tyranny

answer the call when it knocks on door

get up, stand up, speak up, or lose yours.

It needs you to remember history

like how people are told what to think

ending your freedom to think free.

Freedom is fragile as it is not free

reason and deep thought is how you keep

enemies of freedom from taking what is yours

earning your right to be free, forever more.

Don't expect another to earn it for you

or hand it to you on a silver platter too

make sure you understand what freedom is.

Freedom is everyone's job.

An acrostic in duplicate © Sep '23, Maylynn Hughes