Roots Of Democracy Poem by Eric Cockrell

true democracy
never conquers
by force... never

walks on the rights
of any human being
in the name of profit...

never excludes anyone
because they are different.
never panders to the big
at the expense of the small!

true democracy liberates
the human inside the human...
preserves dignity by equality,
allows questioning, and doubt...

true democracy cant be bought,
and cant be sold...
maybe now's the time to
get back to our roots!