THE POET'S CORNER ARCHIVES

"Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness;..." - Exodus 18:21a
 

WHAT DOES ONE VOTE COUNT?

You really can't complain,

About the nation's politics;

If you don't get out to the polls,

And write down all your picks.

Don't waste your time protesting,

And walking with a sign;

March right up to the ballot box,

Write each name upon the line!

Republican or Democrat;

Or, somewhere in between.

It really doesn't matter,

If your ballot isn't seen.

"What does one vote count?"

Is a question some may ask.

Marcus "Landslide" Morton

Will take you right to task.

The good folk of Massachusetts,

Evidently had naught to fear.

The same thing occurred again,

The very next election year.

You say you're so disgusted

By actions on the "Hill,"

You just don't feel like voting.

Well, change they never will!

"Bad officials are elected by

Good people who don't vote."

Not an original thought with me,

But, quite a famous quote.

It's our chance to send a message,

We, the people, are still here,

And getting more dissatisfied

With every passing year!

That we're horrified by the moral slide

Of the country that we know,

Abortion, Perversion, Christianity shamed,

And on, and on, we could go.

Don't get me wrong, My Friend.

I am not saying who to choose;

But without godly people in Washington,

Our freedoms we'll increasingly lose.

To spurn this golden opportunity,

To change the "status quo,

Is to spurn a price paid in blood,

Freedom is not cheap, you know!

Then, when Election Day arrives,

On that Tuesday in November;

Prayerfully go out and cast a vote

That Washington will remember!

Don't say you wished you'd voted.

The consequences could be dire!

Speak your piece and let them know,

Your vote is not for hire.

You say, "Politics, and religion,

Is a dangerous path to trod.

Say I, "It's our duty to cast our vote,

For government's "ordained of God."

We must protect our freedom

To teach, and speak, and preach,

To present the Gospel clearly,

And every citizen reach.

History will record who won,

In the election of this year;

But, no matter what the outcome,

Your conscience will be clear!