RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
The Price of Freedom
In El Salvador they have no freedom
They traded it for order
Not long ago gangs ruled the streets
Drugs and human trafficking
Freely crossed the border
Murder rape and mayhem
The people fled in droves
Escaping a state of anarchy
To where nobody knows
They elected a hardnosed autocrat
On a promise of establishing law
He eliminated the opposition
Replaced justices with his own
He cracked down on honest journalists
Denied the right to protest
Free speech and the right to assemble
Imprisoned gangs without a trial
Nayib Bukele is no friend to democracy
But he kept his solemn promise
A land of chaos became a land of order
People are safer within their border
They may live without fear
There is a lesson and a warning here
For all democratic nations
When the people are not safe
When the police are on the take
When the government is corrupt
When there is no sense of hope
The people will sacrifice their freedom
They will abandon democracy
And democracy, once sacrificed
Is not easily returned
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