More Bitter Than Sorrow

When freedom is limited to merely living a gloomy existence, not having access to all the privileges and total liberties of a free society, then it's more bitter than sorrow. When one's faith is not allowed to be openly professed and expressed to praise God and place Him above Man, it's a suppressing hand hindering any heart to sing its hymns...becoming an ordeal more bitter than sorrow. I have the gift of the written word, which the Almighty endowed me at birth, and my intolerance can infuriate the rage of any suppressing regime without worth; woe to them who will force me to swallow a venom more bitter than sorrow! For an uncrowned head, with no honor bestowed upon it, there's no need for a sword, but how will the doleful faces, that desire joy to shine upon them, celebrate life? I can offer them solace, not hopelessness which is more bitter than sorrow. Cruel and unfair kings, you run your kingdoms with an inhuman heart and a bloody hand, drowning your people in conspicuous silences; a fearful people, who must never cause discord among the poor and the ignorant, lest they choose a martyrdom more bitter than sorrow. Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci