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Open Poetry #35

Freedom Has No History

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2005-04-13 10:19 AM

Where does freedom come from?
Does it exist in absolute form
or is it but an abstract,
a thought, an idea,
a state of mind:
perception or apperception?

Can it be won or lost?
Attacked or defended?
Can it be imposed on another?
Can the statement: “I am free”
be universally understood?

Freedom has no history.
It didn’t come about
by preaching, teaching or marching.
It didn’t happen here and not there.
It is but a relative concept,
understood in countless ways.

More changeable even than love:
a dangerous word, a two-edged sword,
and those who least understand
use it always as an excuse
to impose slavery on others.
Beware the one who boasts:
“I live in the land of the free!”

freewheelin
Member

since 2005-04-09

Posts 53

1 posted 2005-04-13 10:26 AM

good thinking, i couldnt agree more. actually its a great poem for such an abstract idea. and the last lines just echoes one of my favourite lines from any songs, from rage against the machine's "know your enemy":

"What the land of the free?
Whoever says that is your enemy!"

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2005-04-13 10:54 AM

nicely written pondering thoughts

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2005-04-13 03:16 PM

interesting read

thought-provoking indeed

Kristabell
Senior Member

since 2003-11-29

Posts 678
Portland, OR

4 posted 2005-04-13 05:43 PM

I think I know where you are coming from. Nice work! This is very well said, and I think it has a bit of truth to it. Thanks for bringing it to my atention.

Kristabell

Sadelite
Member Elite

since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

5 posted 2005-04-13 06:03 PM

   I like the questions you ask.  Yes, it is relative.  We always have choice, just as there are always consequences to that choice--maybe positive, maybe not.

   Interesting how you peppered the ending...

           Enjoyed,
             sadie

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