Brethren, what moved them?
Mother Freedom? Father God?
What drove these gentle souls
To face the wrath and take the rod?
Tyrants, what moved them?
Lust for Power? Lust for Greed?
What drove these evil men
To make the Brethren bleed?
Brethren, strong in Peace
Refusing to make war,
Tyrants, strong in Power,
Armed with might who drove them forth
Through the land, across the Sea’s
They passed with death & tears,
To worship, on their knees,
The God they held so dear
While God, in hallowed chambers
Wept to see them flee,
He led them to a nation,
To forge the hope of free…men
Pagan’s, holding fast
To the teachings of their Kin,
They too fell as victims,
To the wrath of Tyrant’s whims
There around the fire
Beneath a sacred moon,
Defying Papal Ire,
They worshiped to their doom
The stake preserved for all
Who dared defy the Pope,
While God, in hallowed chambers,
Wept while Tyrants cloaked…
Themselves..in His name…
And far on distant shores
Other Children prayed,
Adoring their Creator,
In innocence arrayed
The Cherokee, the Sioux
The Seminole and Creek,
All sought the voice of God,
And heard when he did speak
Then Tyrant’s, once again
Did come to bar the door,
Where children played in laughter,
Midst mighty men of war
Once more they raised their standard
And in the name of “God”,
Raped and crushed the people,
And spared them not the rod
While God, in hallowed chambers
Wept to see them plundered,
The “righteous” stood applauding,
When God’s children were outnumbered
Decades came and passed
And once more evil raged,
For millions in it’s path,
Were murdered, burned and caged
Hitler and his armies
Slew the many as they prayed,
For naught could save them then,
While evil stood arrayed…in power
While God, in hallowed chambers
Wept to see them slain,
While good men bore His standard,
And freed them once again
Utopia? Fair dream
For the poet, for the fool,
For still the Tyrant stalks,
And dares to forge the rules
Let each soul seize his freedom
And hold it to his breast,
Cherish it as gold,
Defend it as a guest
For Tyrants, they will come
Once more to rape the free,
Where children play in safety,
And mothers bend their knee
Remember now the Brethren
The Pagan, Red and White,
Remember Hitler’s armies,
Prepare to stand and fight
While God, in hallowed chambers
Will weep to see it so,
He’ll not forsake the righteous,
When evil mocks their soul
Adorn thyself with Liberty
Bedeck thyself in truth,
Preserve your freedom, Valliant’s,
For Evil stalks your youth
Stand, declare your freedom
When darkness takes the land,
For God, in hallowed chambers,
Will sanction your great stand!
©Kathleen MacLintock
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