MAY I TAKE THE LIBERTY?
May I take the liberty
Which you profess to prize
And pass it to another
To give their spirits rise?
Or maybe just a part of it
Surely you don't need it all
Wouldn't the missing piece grow back again
Would you walk not just as tall?
You own so very many things
So how about it. what do you say?
Let me have just your liberty
Seems a small price you could pay
It's old and lost its usefulness
No longer needed here
Though it would be met in another place
With pomp and rousing cheer
Now may I take the liberty
To share with some oppressed?
It's not as though you'll miss it
Or left naked and undressed
No? I can not have your liberty
Not even as a loan?
But you'll fight and die that others
May one day find their own?
What sort of person are you
To make this claim in haste?
Ahh. just a free and simple soldier
Grown accustomed to the taste!
My friend, take the liberty
To keep and hold it high
Because without it, I now see
That you would surely die