Religious Freedom??
On that dreadful day in April 1993
The smoke spread for miles for all to see.
Broadcast on radio and TV.
What a disgrace to the land of the free.
Who was responsible. Who could it be?
Branch Davidians were holed up for 51 days.
Armed to the teeth, they refused the phrase:
“Surrender and we’ll give you a fair trial.”
They wouldn’t give up, they said with a smile.
Freedom of religion is our only style.
Men, women & children were enclosed.
Rumors spread that some wore no clothes.
It couldn’t be proven one way or the other.
Responses were that they loved one another.
They followed David Koresh like he was a mother.
A certain person, we’ll call J.R., gave the order
“Burn them out!!” “We’ll take no quarter!!”
Men, women, & children died that day.
They became ‘crispy critters’ all the way.
81 people. None left alive to have a say.
What a ‘black eye’ for the land of the free.
Life has been worse for you & for me.
Since that injustice was done to our fellow man.
While J. R. skates free without any plan
to prosecute J.R. for that evil plan.
Let this be a lesson for you and for me.
The day is coming when we will see.
Religious freedom will not mean a thing.
Religious persecution is all it will bring.
Then, like the Davidians, His praises we’ll sing.
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)