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"Freedom"
Fluttering wings catching fire with the intensity to take flight
 Into another dimension where everyone’s heart is truly good, however in spite
 Where we are not destined to our own demise by our own selfish endeavors
 That is the place
  We all want to be
 And it’s Freedom
 So Uplifting
 So unimaginably free
 
 
 A struggling family on the precipice of destitution
 The only thing that can keep them holding onto the crackling edge
  There faithful love and affection 
  Unfortunately this does not keep their house rooted deep into the stagnant earth
 Soiled with doubt and muddy with despair
 But at least when it’s abruptly swept away
 Their hearts won’t have to pay
 To the irate cyclone moving fiercely in disarray
 There is a place we all want to be
 And it may not be concrete
 Oh in fact it is very much abstract
 But it lies somewhere we may never feel intact
 
 
 A scared, insecure young girl
 Here innocence lost without a moment’s trial
 The judge raised the gavel and slammed down in denial
 Her back lays cramped against the torn wall
 Of all her life, suddenly seemed to be quite small
  A crime she didn’t commit
 But a punishment she must receive
 While the real culprit drives recklessly loose
 Of any true virtue and resurrecting romance
 She must lay here and await the warden’s entrance
 There is a benevolence we all lose once you can be sure
 But let us not lose it twice, three times no more
 Oh we must prevent ourselves from ever entering this place
 Of a cruel twisted fate that we never were intended to create
 
 A girl lies in her bed
 Her blanket tucked comfortably over her pretty ignorant head
 Of the horror that lies just outside her comfy little bed 
 For she is paralyzed with fear
 Do not be fooled
 Here you lay
 Not even the slightest disturbance stirring
 There are a thousand bullets flying away
 At this fragile little form so capable of shattering 
 And she tugs on the blanket with so much ease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Then she prays that her mother will return from the shadows
 
 
 
 But alas not the slightest holler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  A gunshot rings off, splitting the trees
 
 
 
 And in the moon-lit night oh yes even she can see
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   The shadow of the night approaching with his aim pointing down
 
 
 
 Onto her pretty little head about to end with one shout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   There is a place where freedom is a word not pronounced
 Not whispered, not prattled, and not even written for the curious    eye to behold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    No it is only a word screamed aloud in defiance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Of another defeated victim, fighting desperately for peace
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 But now they have been released to this place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   The place we will all end up someday
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Whether this is in vain or modesty
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Triumph or defeat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    That is up to us to complete
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 As we carve the words deep into stone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Let us remember that we all will visit this land
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     An invincible soul staring curiously out into the world
   Her diary and pen lying on the windowsill for everyone to read
 Of a young girl who was so unimaginably trapped
 Fending off fate
 Where everyday looked as if it would collapse
 Her mind so strong with its foundation
 A heart that would always pound with hope even under the heaviest trepidation
 So indestructible not even a Nazi could break
 This young heroin of a girl, who inspired millions to break
 To break free of a predicament however dreary it may appear
 A new wind has blown and it’s opened up a clean page to you
 To rectify the wrong doings of every mindless mistake
 And not with guns, knives, no not even an ugly rebut
 But with the dignity and spirit of your reasonable words and actions
 Repelling off bullets without the slightest refraction
  
 
 There is a land were we are not always so welcome
 Where we are labeled as ‘’ indifferent’’ and are from then on deported
 From this holy land of which we are all entailed
 And we cannot help it if others wish to prevail
 Of our entrance so unheard of it may be
   This is the place our eyes are taken aback to see
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    This place we
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     We all want to be
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     So inspiring
 
 
 
 
 
  So unbelievably free  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     A woman who’s hand shakes on the empty table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Her lip quivers unbearably so
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Her soul cries out to its suddenly- disappeared mate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Every phone call
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Every letter 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Every ring at the door
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Brings the news of a best friend, husband, father
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 And she pulls back the veil as she unwillingly sees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     A dark shadow of sentiments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Coming to her door to tell
 Of another honorable soldier who fought strong but ultimately fell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 There is a place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Whose borders are defended incredibly well
 
 
 
 With every last breath, last word, last pulse ever pumped
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Of a heart who died respectably saving us all
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Of a place where we may prey never to be
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Because here in this land we are undoubtedly free
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Let us remember we may not all make it to this place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   However challenging it may seem
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    We give thanks to the ones who will let it be
 
 
 
 
 
 
   That we may all have the same chance to make it here 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Where we are all free
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   This land
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     We all want to be  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    So uplifting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   So unimaginably free

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