The Accountant

So many these days

Seeming to ascribe 

To an unrealistic theory

One of non-accountability 

This ever expanding group

Apparently and genuinely so

Believe there is no consequence 

Nothing attached to words uttered

It is as if they think freedom of speech

Means they can spout like a fountain

An endless stream of fire or water

Yet remain free of burns and dry

Allow me a moment to elucidate

Perhaps the most overlooked effect

Of the first amendment right

Of unabridged freedom of speech

You have the unequivocal right 

Absolutely, to speak and/or hear

Whatever opinion or thought

Passes as coherent or incoherent 

However, there is still accountability 

There is a cost for ideals 

This price must ultimately be paid

By and at the point of issuance 

One cannot say what one may say

Without having to pay what one must pay

The cost, the price, the recompense 

The onus, the burden, the responsibility 

Life is like a pay lake

It’s free to cast in your line

You just have to pay

For those things which come out

Sow the wind

Reap the whirlwind 

You get what you give

You reap what you sow

The list is long

So as not to belabor the point

There is no non-accountability 

The bill will always come due

Choose carefully therefore

Your piece of recompense 

Free words

Will always have a cost

Speak grace to gain grace

Sow love to harvest love

Bring peace to take peace

Shine truth to stand in truths light

He’s out there 

Watching

Waiting

The Accountant 

© Ron Simpson Jr. 

June 6, 2020