Emancipation

I feel, A strange hunger A hunger for freedom… Though I have, Yet I desire… A deep unfulfilling kind of starvation… Can never get too much of freedom, Freedom… Intangible yet priceless, Like air, Invisible yet vital for life, Embrace but don’t abandon me! Without you, I will be like fish out of water Give me the space, To live my life, The way I want to, With whom I want to, I understand there are constraints, I understand that absolute freedom means anarchy, But allow me to make my choices, To create my own little world, Free of dogma and prejudice… Let me do, What I want to do… I don’t dream of an unreasonable world, But a world of reasonable limitations… A fair world, Where justice is not a delusion Am I talking of an imaginary world? No, I am not… I want to be free, Just like animals in forest Just like birds in sky, Just like busy ants, Just like jumping squirrels, Just like galloping horses… Give me freedom… Freedom from anger, Freedom from attachment, Freedom from anxiety, Freedom from bitterness, Freedom from craving, Freedom from chaos, Freedom from depression, Freedom from dilemma, Freedom from diseases, Freedom from despair, Freedom from darkness, Freedom from deceit, Freedom from dishonesty, Freedom from envy, Freedom from egotism, Freedom from fear, Freedom from frustration, Freedom from fright, Freedom from fury, Freedom from grief, Freedom from hatred, Freedom from irritation, Freedom from imprudence, Freedom from jealousy, Freedom from lies, Freedom from loneliness, Freedom from medicine, Freedom from narcissism, Freedom from oppression, Freedom from pain, Freedom from poverty, Freedom from pride, Freedom from resentment, Freedom from rigidness, Freedom from sorrow, Freedom from subjugation, Freedom from trouble, Freedom from tears, Freedom from torture, Freedom from temptation, Freedom from vanity, Freedom above all, From these mountains of challenges, That I am surrounded internally and externally, Let me be like a bee, That sucks the nectar From the flower of life, Without harming it… Like the beautiful lotus, That thrives in dirty pond water… Let me enjoy the freedom, Without disturbing others… Free from all bondages, Allow me to dwell, To live And let live, A life of my choice, To breathe The fresh air, To fill my world, With love… Oh, Master Give this servant The freedom From the precincts of life Allow me to rest in peace, In the bosom of your earth…