Wendy Nipas Poet Ballad

Freedom

Freedom
Degradation, demoralization
Doom, destruction, decadence
And the masses still cry ’Freedom!’
None of this even makes sense
Free to live out every feeling
Every thought and every dream
This will better life and people
Well at least, so it may seem
We should be the freest spirits
With no one to answer to
Life will give us utmost pleasure
Dare not say this isn’t true
Let us revel in denial
Let us be and let us live
No explaining, no correction
Do not force us to forgive
Tell us not of repercussions
We are living by the day
We won’t hear of consequences
If all it does is cause dismay
Freedom is what we are craving
And we get it, each his own
Whether it restricts another
Empathy will not be shown
And the more we long for freedom
The more we all become depraved
Mind the shackles of this freedom
For it wants us all enslaved.
Wendy Nipas

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John Hamilton November 5, 2018 at 6:10 PM Very deep and insightful Wendy, well done I love poetry with meaningful ideas and thoughts said well, and that you certainly did! Wendy Nipas November 6, 2018 at 4:20 AM Thank you so much John. I'm so happy you replied. All the best.

Jack Ellison April 19, 2018 at 1:02 PM A very interesting and insightful piece Miss Wendy... kudos!!! XOX Wendy Nipas April 19, 2018 at 1:09 PM Oh, thank you for reading my poem and for commenting on it . Very kind of you. Have a nice day.

Frank Sheehan February 1, 2018 at 12:34 PM Nice write. Enjoyed immensely, all the lines. Great pen. Wendy Nipas February 1, 2018 at 12:46 PM I'm glad you did. Thank you so much.

Bartholomew Williams December 25, 2017 at 8:54 PM Wendy, you do have an interesting take on this. It seems you're saying that freedom, without accountability for our actions and without taking responsibility for our proper exercise of it, really is not freedom at all. Rather, it appears to be an empty muse that, as you perceptively put it, "wants us all enslaved." Thank you very much for your insightful piece! :) Bartholomew Wendy Nipas December 26, 2017 at 5:10 AM Exactly. You got it. Thank you. This is one of my favorite poems. Thank you so much for replying.