This Is Where Freedom Finds a Way

Is it printed on a poster for all to read
A newspaper closed due to printing what a government didn't want you to hear
A book explaining a better way to live
Graffiti on a wall telling you how it is
This is where freedom finds a way

Broadcast on a radio crackling above live fire
On a television screen, a documentary you have seen
On speakers corner gather round and hear the truth 
In a meeting above a pub telling how it was 
This is where freedom finds a way 

Is it behind the wire of a concentration camp
or cowering in a air raid shelter with sirens ringing your ears
In a first world war trench awaiting certain death
behind the doors of a prison cell 
This is where freedom finds a way  


In your heart, the pain friends lost
your soul knowing right from wrong
eyes seeing the cruelty and the crimes
In your ears injustice spoken  
this is where freedom finds a way

do not oppress us 
make us slaves
make us do things against our will 
the human race will rebel
this is where freedom finds a way  
 
free will 


comp entry where freedom finds the fire  21/03/2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 4/6/2016 10:54:00 PM
Stephen, Nice to see your poem showcased in Justin's "Where Freedom Finds The Fire Contest List." Love LINDA
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Stephen Pennell
Date: 4/7/2016 1:53:00 AM
many thanks Linda been some good comps :-)
Date: 4/6/2016 2:28:00 AM
Congrats on a worthy win stephen..
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Date: 4/6/2016 3:23:00 AM
many thanks , glad you liked it :-) stephen
Date: 3/21/2016 7:20:00 AM
Good solid write Stephen. The BBC are the mouthpiece of the government. The Bilderbergers, who meet annually, direct the western governments. Slaves we are, slaves to the System, and the System is under tremendous strain. Changes are a coming.
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Date: 3/21/2016 8:44:00 AM
your right makes me mad watching the bbc, laura the tory kuenssberg, watched an amazing documentary the other day how american big business made money off both sides in the 2nd world war , corbyn all the way
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