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The Nature of Freedom

January 25, 2015
By JustusMagic SILVER, Rochester, New York
JustusMagic SILVER, Rochester, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"The world will give you fame and power, but the Lord gives you peace and love. It's a love that nobody else can give you", Mariano Rivera.


The stench of the city repulses me.
The scent of the forest invites me.
Civilization only chokes and hinders,
Nature leads me on a path to find answers.
The freedom of imagination is what sets me free,
And shapes me into the person that I will be.
Reason is what keeps people under lock and key.
Flee to nature and it will be your saviour,
And see what you have in store.
The beauty of wild nature is powerful,
And it will make you able.
Nature produces dreamers,
While society creates repeaters.
What is important is self-reliance,
Not who can make the most garments.


The author's comments:

The poem is set around the romantic ideals that civilization and reason are corrupt and are limiting; greater meaning can be found through nature, and imagination.


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