RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ON TYRANNY
Courage (Choose Sides)
There are many kinds of courage:
The courage to speak out
When others remain silent
The courage to be silent
When others say too much
The courage to go to war
And put your life on the line
The courage to refuse to fight
When a war is unjustified
We should not be lulled into believing
Democracy has no price
Like anything of value
It demands sacrifice
We speak often of our founders
As if they were gentlemen of reason
But when they fixed their names
To the declaration
King George proclaimed treason
They are heroes now because
They were on the winning side
Had we lost the war we cannot know
The nature of the world in which
We now reside
They had great courage
They were willing to give their lives
They expected no less of us
If the republic is to survive
(Based on the excellent pamphlet On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder)
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