We the People
by Leif
We the People
create this document.
Not as holy writ
en-tomed to dun
our neighbors with –
sanctify their slaughter?
A Right: society’s gift.
“Inalienable” and
‘Civil,’ we grant a Right
an agreement consecration
in complementary obligation:
To Protect.
If your “Right” causes harm,
you lose it.
The right to own a weapon
rests upon the discipline
of EVERY gun owner:
One exception slight
lessens your right.
exceptions- SIX HUNDRED
(Mandalay Bay)
culmination -DOZENS
(our schools)
e.v.e.r.y w.e.e.k!
..that right
is gone..
become a “Wrong”
not a sport hobby art
fun?
Gone.
The time for restraint is over.
Repeal
repeal.repeal.re -peal
re-peal- ing from every church tower
from every ICU ward
from every Emergency Department
from every unit of blood
dripping//
from every child mother son father’s
tears falling
We are the people
we’re the People
“we The people” –Now,
say ‘No’
not fun not safe not freedom
Repeal.
Amend-
Heal
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
December 15, 1791.
Your poem is passionate, thoughtful, and thought-provoking with many layers of meaning in the words. It raises questions and opportunities discussions that need to be had and addressed.
I often wonder about the right to “safety” written about in the Declaration, and how that came to mean the 2nd amendment – as interpreted today! i like the repetition of certain words, like song refrains and exclamations, in your poem. Thank you.