Freedom is Precious

Freedom is a precious thing we need to closely guard,

Refusing to allow the creep of more things that are barred.

Suggested changes may be small, just minor things as such,

And taken on their own might seem to hardly matter much;

But as our freedoms are reduced, each time a tiny mite,

We’re moving slowly to the point they disappear from sight.

Towards a state where no-one dares to even give a hint

Of what they’d really like to say, and papers daren’t print.

Where actions are very much curtailed, and secrets firmly banned,

With interference from the state controlling people’s lives,

And hardly any freedom as we knew it still survives.

It’s so important people work and strive in order they

May keep the precious freedoms that we still enjoy today.