writing wrongs; and rights

the following is a poem that was channeled on thanksgiving day of 2022. its purpose is to help remind people what rights are, and what they are not.

rights are often misunderstood

we use that word more than we should

for rights are never dependent

on document or government

but rather, in our hearts are sown

more a part of us than blood or bone

and nobody, despite their Title

can stop us in our rights revival

for we all have power divine within us

respected by law, when we insist

we're taught that we're Born, of Nations

but we are Created by Source

taught that we're merely "residents"

when Earth is our home, of course

we're taught to identify with documents

we're "citizens"

they're "presidents"

and over time, come to resent

the divide these classes represent.

we're taught that if we, ourselves compete

we could, one day, become Elites.

yet, their benefits lay us at their feet

convinced, somehow, of their authority

when in all reality

they're only in power

because we let them be.

real rights are the rules to a game

you play for freedom instead of fame.

to others: no loss, injury or harm.

and shouldn't it sound the alarm that...

that's it?

no hefty, spell-bound books of law

no municipal codebooks through which to paw

no years spent in expensive schools

just remember the Golden Rule:

unto others, thou shalt do

just as you'd like done to you

and - crazy though it sounds,

through that one rule, peace is found

and if you think it a utopian dream,

check Galatians 5:18

and never again confuse your rights

with corporate benefits, though they might

be called the same by those who offer

but eventually will make us suffer

for their 'rights' come with their 'duties', too

like requiring license for EVERYTHING WE DO

paying taxes that fund horrendous wars

sending our youth on deadly tours

hardening their hearts until

they're bending others to their will

engendering the kind of hate

no prison could ever dissipate

but fosters only violence

and robs us of benevolence

leading us to where we are

choosing handcuffs and gunfire

for the sake of so-called 'rights' that cause

us to harm one another "in the name of the law"

real rights are, in fact, a two-way street;

your right, my responsibility.

and so, if i want my rights respected,

of others' rights, i will be protective.

this ensures that peace prevails

frees all slaves and empties jails

for no one need be adjudicated

when each of us is liberated

re-membered, not incorporated

all this fear that's been created

is immediately liquidated

when we realise we all belong,

we WILL choose rights instead of wrongs

and when others make their mistakes,

we WILL forgive, whatever it takes.

because we know, we too have failed

and righteousness is thus availed

no need for lustful vengeance fast

that only makes the hatred last

but rather, love is our superpower,

and we WILL get through this darkest hour

for when we forgive another first,

we all are blessed instead of cursed.