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Embracing Poetry

Embracing Poetry

Freedom on the lam where the poet sings
To hearts imprisoned against their will;
Inspires the bereaved mind to spring to life
And uplift hearts bloom burst liberated
When pain of incarceration ceases.
‘Gloria excelsis deo’ in the world.

Frolic away poet and tell the world
Encouraging bosoms to join in song
Birth new beginnings where weed growth ceases
Let fresh hope generate unfalt'ring wills
Smothered with deeds abound with liberties
Death is certain, but poetry is life.

Martyrs forced into cages forfeit their lives
While conquerors plant flags around the world,
Stealing wealth and curtailing liberties
And muzzling lips that would otherwise sing
Of freedom’s great joy without broken will
With gladness boast liberty’s song ceaseless.

We’re I to stretch the bars `til flow ceased
And purge authority aspersing my life
And mock their failure to immure my will,
As I sail poetic rhymes in the world
With hearts of fellow poets yearning to sing,
Vociferously with new liberties.

But destiny’s path squashes liberty
And lungs collapse when inflation ceases
If evil is not rebuffed, who will sing
The babe to sleep in dreams of future life
Through sacrifices for Erato’s world
Inheriting bold character and will.

Still, they rehearse scripts to truncate my will
With mulct, to abrogate my liberty
Not you dear Poet nix not of this world
Whose toes skip over bloomed fields while mine ceases
To dance in delight to the verse of life
Ill speak they my name forbidding me sing.

Ere my will dims indulge me with song
Describing life’s passion for liberty
Let my heart beat cease in joy from the world.
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Notes:
Gloria excelsis deo (Latin): Glory highest.
Erato: muse (Greek mythology) of lyric and poetry.
Urania: muse (Greek mythology) of music, song and dance.

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