TO BE BORN FREE
‘A Small Poem For A Big Subject’
To be born free
Is how it should be.
It should be the norm,
The standard,
The default setting.
To be born free
Is how it should be.
It should be the usual,
The convention,
The constant.
To be born free
Is how it should be.
As it is for me.
Free to talk,
Free to walk,
Free to balk,
At the lies
Our leaders
Feed us.
Not to be thrown
In jail
For an email.
Not to be the property
Of another
Not to be silenced
Gagged
Imprisoned
Raped.
To be born free
Is how it should be.
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