Freedom To Write Poem by Randy McClave

I will write these words and then I will rest
I thank GOD that we have freedom of the press
If we had not that one given intangible right
We'd have no books to read, and no words to write
Man would be restrained by whom controlled the word
And the thoughts and ideas of others, would also be deferred
The blood of our fathers would have been shed in vain
And no one would know, as no one would write their name
So these words I type with both vigor and pride
I type and I say what I want, and from no man will I hide
So with my pen or pencil or a typewriter keys in sight
I will put down upon my pad what I think, and I will write.

Randy L. McClave