Christine at Abbey of the arts issued a challenge here;
These poems are my response:
Freedom 1
What is freedom?
An open door,
a proud display of beauty?
Could it be that
true freedom
lies within,
and that many a trapped heart,
walks through an open door?Could it be that
true freedom
shows itself in another guise,
and many a proud display
hides a guilded chain?What is freedom ?
Freedom 2
True freedom
lights me from within,
and though the cage door
is closed,
still I am free!
For these bars do not hold me
and even in the dark night my
heart will sing.
Songs of joy
will burst forth
until the cage
melts away,
and freedom,
true freedom,
overcomes all that
seeks to hold
me captive….
