Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Freedom of speech, young and old

The first amendment
Made for speech
Is being affected
By over reach

When every word
Can scare or alarm
Then what can be said
With out causing harm

You must pick the crowd
The ones who will hear
Because the nervous get jumpy
And have a keen ear

They want to protect
While forgetting we're free
To say our own mind
So others can see

When we are young we're reckless
We don't parse every word
So what's on our mind
Is just what you heard

As we grow we know tact
And choose what we say
It's found over time
That this is the best way

But let a child learn
As he speaks we can teach
Before we go overboard
And they become out of reach






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