RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Democracy Endures
“Democracy, while weapons were aimed
at your breast, I saw you give birth to
immortal children…, saw you with spreading
mantle covering the world.”
Walt Whitman, By Blue Ontario’s Shore
Democracy is much maligned (and wrongly so)
by would be tyrants who wish to bend the
world to their desires
Democracy endures
and she will always endure
for she is stronger than any tyrant’s will
She is greater than any brute force
She is fairer and far more appealing
than any false promise of prosperity
The beast will always wear the mask
of serene and gentle kindness
He will call you to his side
He will feed your barren pride
He will soothe and comfort you
He will promise you the sun the moon
and the myriad stars
But he will always throw you under
He will always betray you
He will always steal your last dollar
to further his own interests
He will offer your soul in place of his own
He will demand of you your sacrifice
before the altar of his throne
Democracy is the first last and only
defense against the triumvirate of tyranny:
the autocrat, the dictator and the king
She calls to you in times of trouble
and you the people must always rally
to her call
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