A Private Poem

A Private Poem

© by Bud Lemire

I write the words, to a private poem

I'd tell you more, but it must remain unknown

There is so much, that I could write

Due to privacy, it'll be kept out of sight

They say it protects, the one in regards

Yet I wonder, who's holding the cards

There's so much, that I want to say

But it's their rules, that I must play

Don't post my picture on the internet, or there will be trouble

If you post it on Facebook, it will be double

Please follow the rules, that privacy entails

Be the unknown, when all else fails

I personally think, privacy is taken too far

I think that person, should be memorialized like a star

To share their greatness, for others to see

Would make it known, of who they came to be

Don't take down the Residential Directories, people must be found

You aren't hiding them, there's always the wise bloodhound

There's always a paper trail, that is left behind

And where they are, that's who you'll find

An enhanced Drivers License with a star

Okay, now I know you've taken it too far

My current Drivers License, has all you need to know

I believe it's time, for this privacy thing to go

I've decided to go public with this privacy thing. I truly do

believe we have become a paranoid country with so many

rules of privacy. It's totally crazy. It is scaring people.

I refuse to be scared. I refuse to be private. I have

accepted some rules, not that I agree with them. So by

all means, whenever I can, I bring privacy to the public.

Because no matter how private you think you might be,

there is someone out there who knows all about you.