All About Freedom

Americans will very soon

Be heading back to the voting booth.

This election is all about freedom;

Ignoring THAT is denying the truth.

 

Freedom--that is--to live in a place

Where shooting deaths are minimized--

Where commonsense gun control

Measures can be exercised;

 

Freedom to live in a country where

The rule of law is held supreme

And isn't flouted and trampled on

By an administrative team;

 

Freedom for women to make decisions

Regarding their reproductive rights,

Which have been attacked by those

Who whet extremist appetites;

 

Freedom to access IVF

Treatment, which should be guaranteed

For anyone who's able to

Afford it and when there is a need;

 

Freedom to follow any religion

Or even to follow none at all,

And NOT have religion thrust on others,

For that's not anyone else's call;

 

Freedom to be the person you are

And not what others say you must be

Because they do not understand

Your natural trans identity;

 

Freedom to live in a country where

The right to vote is not suppressed,

And unscrupulous people don't make

Denying election results their quest;

 

Freedom to live without the worry

Of having your marriage rights denied

By folks who feel that anti-gay

Discrimination is justified.

 

Freedoms should NOT be taken lightly.

They're HARD to come by; EASY to lose.

Do we want to maintain our freedoms,

Or see them threatened? We must choose.

 

-by Bob B (7-30-24)