Declaration of Rights

I declare to you

my worldly and heavenly rights

these are the premises

upon which I stand and fight

I am alive

that I can prove

I have a right to live

that only God can remove

Here may I question

my first pressupposition

that I have rights which are mine

upon which my life to define

why do I have a right

when purpose and origin

escape perception's sight

and run just beyond my mortal grasp

so if from whence I come

and to whence I go

remains in the unknown

then what rights do I know

For then I am nothing

but earth and sod

is this not where we are left

without a true God

If I have no rights

then let me appeal to these

the death of Christ on the tree

I cry out from my knees

For I was truly nothing

but dirt and sod

until breath was put in my lungs

the breath of God

From this day forthI declare no rights

except for the sacrifice

the blood of Christ

By: Adam Butram