Fight For Freedom

Freedom of expression
is our fundamental right,
protected by the First Amendment.
We should not have to fight
to keep our free speech untouched
but that's exactly whats proceeding.
Police visited me 
to tell me to start heeding
an order to remove online posts
with my Congressman's name.
Their order was not written
But from Washington D.C.it came.
I never made a threat
adverse to the official.
So there is no legal reason for
demands prejudicial.
Attacks on our basic rights
are increasing in their persistence
and in hostility;
demanding our resistance.
We must not be deterred from speaking
and must still raise our voice.
Every freedom we hold dear
has to be defended by our choice.
If we don't do it now
our liberty will be gone
because we didn't pay attention
when their laws were first drawn.
Now they must be resisted
with all our muster and all our might
A revolution comes
upon us during the night.
We must not ever make concessions.



©2012 Cherie R. Boeneman