We the People

We the People
Of this great land,
Do hold our governing bodies
To the utmost heights
Of honesty, integrity and morality.

Lest not we forget,
We must hold them
To the brand
Of higher ethics.

It is by doing so
That “We the People”
Maintain the highest regard
For our great nation.

It is our God given rights
To enjoy the responsibilities
And the accountabilities
Of our actions.

We, therefore, must
Demand that our governing authorities
Do likewise:
To hold themselves to these tenets.

For a just nation to remain just,
It must stand fast to the rights of its individual citizens
And to the rights of its states to govern themselves
Accordingly.

Our forefathers fought and died
To bear the fruit of our nation,
The freedom, the justice
And the right to self governing.

Let us not jeopardize the sacrifices
Of those who fought and died
To protect our nation’s gifts
From our forefathers.

Let us hold high
The standards which they made
And displayed
For me and you.

Let us defend those standards
From the harm
Of tyranny
And social injustice.

Do not allow
The politically power-minded
Nor the greedy
To usurp the reins.

It is our government.
It is our vote.
It is our responsibility
To defend “We the People.”

Copyright © 2009
by
Roger C. Bull