Free the Souls

Fires singe; build castles of dust and the winds bring freedom. Spirits riding the air, never need to rest; bondage in an underground box is theft. To rob a souls freedom; an unpunished crime, based on fear, paranoia. Ashes, clean and free; the purifying holy dust; that blankets Mother Earth’s spirit; connects all life. Life’s wheel, spins eternal; rolling through back alleys of time and space. The turning, mixes the holy dust and it settles, anew. Fresh spirit dust waits for recycling; that is the natural turning. Life recycles life, as dust recycles dust. The circle always, full cycle; never completes; it is a builder and it must build.
Written 3-7-19 For:"STANDARD CONTEST 190,any form,any,theme,upto a max of 20 lines Poetry Contest" Sponsored by: Brian Strand, on 3-7-19
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Krutsinger Avatar
March 8, 2019 at 6:50 AM
Wow! "To rob a souls freedom; an unpunished crime, based on fear, paranoia." So true! A thousand percent true, if that's possible. I do not like math.
Kiser Avatar
March 8, 2019 at 9:38 AM
Thanks, I don't like math, either.
Pandit Avatar
March 7, 2019 at 10:01 AM
Life recycles life, as dust recycles dust...circle never completes. Very deep poem MLK.
Kiser Avatar
March 7, 2019 at 10:02 AM
Thanks so much, Vijay.
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