"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." -Thomas Jefferson Liberty Bell :: April :: 2006

April 14, 2006

In Flanders Fields

Filed under: Me, Myself, and I, Military

This is one of the songs the choir I’m in sang last year. (Audio from the Sing of America concert)

Why?

Filed under: Opinions

Why do people talk,
Of injustice and the right to live,
Refusing to let willing men and women,
Risk death so others can live free,
But kill others,
Before they even have a chance to breathe?

Why will people kill
Because of a woman’s “right to die”?
Isn’t the right to live,
Greater than the right to die,
No matter whether old or young,
Disabled or strong?

Why did 9/11 happen?
The world gives us answers;
The government gives their view.
But nothing will satisfy,
Because there will never be a good enough answer,
For the death of thousands of people.

People feel pain and see death,
They curl up in a ball and tell it to stop,
Like telling a broken leg to fix itself.
Unless you pull the leg and cause some pain,
The wound will never heal right.

People have died for freedom;
People have died for peace.
But nobody should die,
Without a choice to live.

Why can’t people see?