Freedom Today Poems

What else is there?
We are but stones skipping across the water.
And like the stone
We can't change direction and go back,
The past is beyond our reach.
We...

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Time Today
	
Time 
does not behave 
as expected in this place 
I find myself. 
The very thought of a clock
on the wall is somehow... 
profane against...

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The Conundrums of Today and the Promise of Tomorrow

A tear of genuine sorrow forming in the eye of an innocent child 
The fear of what...

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Dear Enemy, 
I will wish you well and set you free. 
Your words and knife, 
will no longer hurt me. 
Too bad it all had...

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free  
brings one  
peaceful life  
sleep good tonight  
dream  

...

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September 11, 2023
Today Marks 22 Years
Written: By Tom Wright

People, some jumping to their death as if to fly,
helpless to escape, a cherry red inferno, in...

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Optimist? Pessimist? 
Recognizing the glass as half-cracked 
Often explains the level of its contents.
Freedom is being satisfied
With the terms of one’s confinement....

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What happened to those days of old
when life was simple- tried to hold
a clearer grasp of right or wrong-
with outlined paths to move along?

Of goals...

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Dear Sarah Pullen,

If you are black or brown and male,
they do not discriminate against
you in the fields of the entertainment
industry nor in the realm of...

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My future starts today
Everyday I live 
Everyday I die 
I know no one is safe 
Cos the rain spares no roof 
Fire knows no name...

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Let the fear drip down from your tears, 
Wipe away all that sorrow and pain from all those years,
Because you are now here.

You are now...

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Today, we celebrate
The magic of being 33
A year to create
Today, we celebrate
A masterpiece so great
Authentic and free
Today, we celebrate
The magic of being 33...

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Inspire lines, Lord Grant my mind'  within these treacherous turbulent times;
Misdirection now so normal, masks great evil in modes quite formal.
The forces at Dunkirk;...

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We were a country where people roamed free
   where you drove cross-country without paying a fee

We were a country where folks dreamed big...

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People bought and sold as chattel
   Considered no more than cattle
   This still goes on today, you see
   In...

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