Freedom of Choice (an opinion piece)

This is just my attempt at conveying my own thoughts

In no way are they presumptuous enough to declare them as the truth

Yet since it's how I honestly feel, I have no choice but to voice my opinion

For whatever it's worth I will always remain willing to learn from others

It's just how I myself happen to feel on the matter of gun rights in America

We must choose some faith and trust in others or a system of

Excessive regulations fines punishments and token rewards 

We can pick either endless micromanagement by a technical manual

Or place confidence in the underlying spirit of our very own fellows  

We may decide to walk into Wal Mart armed with AR-15s

Or substitute those arms with actual courage and faith in each other

That we'll be spared on that bright blue day shopping in the sun

So go ahead and accept a future where we get to keep all our guns 

So long as you're willing to be strangled by endless red tape

Or we may adopt a future where we're all actually free to live unafraid

It all comes down to whether we're capable of placing our faith together

If any of it can be applied outside the framework of our own selves

Or if instead we keep every last drop to our own respective individualities

I think the right to bear arms represents cowardice and fear of others

We might even say it represents an inherent fear and mistrust of our own government

While walking unarmed into the daylight represents actual courage and trust

Which is it going to be, for all of us?  There are plenty who wouldn't understand

That sticking by our selfishly perceived 2nd Amendment rights may get us a Big Gulp

If only we all knew that another option will get us endless pure water for free

Which is it going to be, America? A 32-Oz Big Gulp 3/4ths full of Ice

Or an infinite supply of pure sweet oxygen in the water of life? 

We must choose, but remember that the choice we make is where our energy goes

We may continue placing our energy into a closed loop system of growing vicious terror

Or we may just let it all go and fall into the arms of a loving and often hostile world

We can use fake bravery to hold onto our precious misconceived right to bear arms 

Or we may have actual courage and remain unafraid to walk into the lion's den

We must choose, but remember its our choice and all the ammo and firearms on Earth

Will never add up to even an infinitesimal fraction of what our true potential is worth.