Building a Nation
At night in a cell
A mind that is bound
Remembers torn flesh found
Remembers wrongs done
As it looks for vengeance
Upon the day to come
As night dangles its dice
Above the rabid mind
Readying for the hunt
Enslave a mind and build an army
Ready to use fear to inflict
Ready to engage in global conflict
Sleep walk into another country
Earn a college degree
Force upon the natives your civil liberty
Sleep walk into a church
Condemn all who do not agree
With an ancient philosophy
At night in a cell
A free mind can disappear
Remembers the best of years
Remembers poems and verse
To rehearse when the body weakens
As time slows in tropical heat
The free mind
Is building a nation
On the other side
Has blueprints memorized
Knows what stones to quarry
Knows when not to worry
For freedom is reason
It is a right
And rights are not given