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. *** Notes: Gloria excelsis deo (Latin): Glory highest. Erato: muse (Greek mythology) of lyric and poetry. Urania: muse (Greek mythology) of music, song and dance.