When Once We Were Free

When once we were free,
We lived happily,
In a land of our very own.
Our gov'ment we chose,
So it shant impose,
O'er us like some king on his throne.

If ever it veered,
Toward tyranny steered,
To it we'd not beg nor plead.
Consent we'd withdraw,
From us came the law,
Together, we'd simply secede!

But the tyrant hissed,
"You'd best not resist.
My rule you shall never escape!"
"This Union I'll save,"
The tyrant did rave,
But 'twas not marriage --
it was RAPE!

To arms we did go,
To battle our foe,
And throw off the usurper's reign.
But though he was wrong,
His arms proved too strong,
Now we're raped again and again!

In captivity,
Our hearts are yet free,
To remember the life we'd known,
When once we were free,
And lived happily,
In a land of our very own.
I am Mark Erwin of Lawrence, KS.