Freedom isn’t free
Freedom is painful, in chains
Freedom is death and torture
Freedom isn’t freely given
It comes with a price.
So how can we say we are truly free?
The answer is simple
We can’t.
Maybe it’s because this world is darkness
This world is sin
Covered with monsters that rip us to shreds and hide in
plain sight
They take advantage of us and cloak our eyes with black
But still we accept them into our lives as friendly
creatures
Creatures that will build us up
For comfort
In joy and in sorrow
Until the day comes when it is too late to turn back
They then turn against us and slaughter us as sows.
Does that mean there is no hope?
The answer is simple
No.
Through the darkness shown a light
Riding on a white horse and here to save us all
There are monsters on this earth
But they stand no more against Light
For where there is light darkness withers and hides
Darkness has no plea for the Light has come
Still we are not truly good
For we are imperfect bodies only here for a short time
But as long as we have the Light
The evil in our hearts will be washed away as far as the
east is from the west.
Now this, this is true freedom
Freedom came with love and compassion and good news
But freedom also came with whipping and nail pierced hands
Freedom came with death
But in the hour of darkness, the Light could not be held
down.
Freedom has won
For now and eternity.
Freedom
You've expressed several strong ideas here, inspired by your faith it appears. Such truth in this well-written line: "For we are imperfect bodies only here for a short time."
ReplyDeleteYou put forth strong images of a dark and terrible world very well. I like how you point out that while the world is often a horrible and dark place, that it is not one without hope. I also like how you point out that the worldly comforts will not last forever, nor will our bodies. The strong undertones of faith are noticeable, and the piece is very powerful in the message it has. Freedom truly isn't free, as someone must always pay a price for it, as everything else in the world has a price that comes with it. Your writing has a passion to it, and you should continue using it. I love that you have such great vigor and perhaps a positive ferocity in your writing. You jump in feet first with your message and have no hesitation writing it down. Wonderful.
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