FREEDOM!
A poem
© Copyright by Ron Ewart,
President of the National Association of Rural Landowners
on December 26, 2004 – All Rights Reserved
If you have never known freedom
It’s impossible to see,
Why it is so important,
To you and me.
To be able to do,
To be able to learn,
To be able to love,
To be able to yearn.
To be able to wonder
On the large or the small.
To be able to wander,
Without encountering a wall.
To own your property
With reasonable use.
Without government being restrictive
Regulative and overtly obtuse.
To leave your home
In search of a dream.
To wander un-tethered
On the path you deem.
To be creative, intuitive,
Imaginative and ingenious.
To be productive and responsible,
Work hard and industrious.
The freedom to choose
To do what you want.
To take a long trip,
Or just a short jaunt.
To lay in the Sun
Climb a Mountain
Sleep in or have fun.
Being free is a fountain
Where dreams are won.
Because down deep in your soul
No matter who you are,
Is the desire to freely go,
Whether near or far.
You can’t see freedom
You can only be free.
You can’t touch freedom,
It’s a phantom you see.
A phantom we hold
In our hearts and minds.
A fleeting memory we are told,
Should we it let slip away,
On the winds of time.
You have to be ever alert,
If you want to remain free.
For there are those with a quirk
Who will steal freedom on a whim,
From you and me.
So please won’t you join with us,
In the eternal quest to defend our liberty.
Help us restore faith, hope and trust
In this great land called America …..
For all eternity.
