We The People Sailed the same course Some willingly Some by force We The People A document to inform A more perfect Union No matter the storm No more kings No more oppression No more taxation Without representation Checks and balances And the rule of law Mitigating injustices Safe harbor for all The secular trinty President, Congress, Court Not one above the other Veto, fiat, tort Our common interest Our common defense Our common liberty Our common justice The domestic tranquility And the general welfare The pursuit of happiness And the resources we share Civil rights And our protection From a despotic government Or an insurrection Freedom for God Freedom for your God Freedom to find God Freedom to deny God Open discourse Speaking your mind You have an opinion However unkind Collective grievances Peaceably petitioned We walk together But never threatened To bear arms For our security Or being forced To quarter unwillfully To remain secure In our sanctuary Unless presented With writ of entry Neither held Absent habeas corpus Or loss of property Unless agreed by us Never forced to testify To contradict our denials Or brought forward In duplicitous trials To face our accuser In much haste Represented by counsel Our peers decide our fate Not one but twelve Examining the facts We are brought forward But only this court acts Reasonable recompense For fine or bail Cruel or unusual retribution Shall not avail The enumeration Provides illumination But within the penumbra Shadows suggest freedom What is self-evident Requires no list or count Nothing to encumber Or restriction to surmount A union has formed But sacred remains the individual The tyranny of the majority Is never permissible A living breathing document? Or construction unbending? But as we amend Change is never ending Open to interpretation If you see a right Others may disagree Who can see the light? The spirit of intent For all to see Freedom to choose Secured by liberty We The People A sacred quest We The People No more no less Copyright Bystander (and other nom de plumes around the interwebs)
