Independence

I am told that the tree of liberty must be refreshed 

From time to time 

With the blood of patriots and tyrants 

The trouble is i'm no long sure who the tyrants are 

And i am not a patriot  

How would jefferson have me bleed 

 

 

 

Washington would have me believe 

That every post is honorable  in which a man 

Can serve his country 

I recognize no country 

Were i such a person i would ask 

Are men my only comrades 

Is every post a woman fills not also honorable 

Where is the child's honor 

What honor is left for the non-binary 

In this rigid realm  

In which there is deference to carnage 

Where is the adulation for tranquility  

I have never known 

A soldier for peace  

 

 

 

Franklin has urged me to light candles 

Rather than cursing the darkness 

How now am i to find a candle  

When all its components are patented  

The product sealed away

Who will lend me light for my search 

Is this capitalism  

 

 

 

A father reminds me often that the right to freedom 

Is the gift of god almighty  

But his servants would bind me  

This is a christian nation, they cry  

Outraged, outrageously  

Would that adams had brought truth  

And not allowances  

I will not carry the burden 

Of that debt 

Nor the shackles of gratitude  

My freedom is my own 

 

 

 

An ultimatum is offered 

Liberty or death 

Henry, you will find me ill-mannered  

In the face of manufactured options  

There can be no emancipation for our souls  

Atop the graves of the out-gunned 

Nor will freedom be found amongst the enslaved  

What kind of independence is there 

Betwixt the coerced and the deceived 

 

 

 

Our american dream has turned nightmare 

For all those who explore their own consciousness 

For those who do not love between the lines 

How is it that liberty lies in the imprisonment 

Of dissenters to power

How can children of liberty  

So readily hinder the efforts of those 

Who bleed for their autonomy