Tribute

Think Freedom, think peace!

Tribute

What is wrong with free-thinking

if it releases the chains of slavery

woven in unseen shackles

by those who would control us?

Democracy, we are told, is ours

and yet we are but the servants

of those who hold the power.

The politicians with ‘red brick’

shadows on their tail coats,

the wealthy who yearn

to see their fortunes swell,

the men of faith who use

fear to control souls and

to wage war upon this earth.

Are we so meek and naïve

as to be so duped and used

by such as these?

Why yes for we are as sheep!

Most of us would chose

a secular society

but are too lazy, uninspired

weak and trusting

to fight the system

and leave our mark

for the good of all.

Thank heavens for men like Voltaire,

Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, Ghandi,

Denis Diderot, Baruch Spinoza,

James Madison, Thomas Jefferson,

Thomas Paine, Charles Bradlaugh,

Robert Ingersoll and Bertrand Russell.

All men unconstrained by

the tactics of the oppressors

and their greed.

So let me be in their image,

let me stand up for humanity

but let me have my own voice!

 

28/09/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank heavens for men like Voltaire,
Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, Ghandi,
Denis Diderot, Baruch Spinoza,
James Madison, Thomas Jefferson,
Thomas Paine, Charles Bradlaugh,
Robert Ingersoll and Bertrand Russell.
All men unconstrained by
the tactics of the oppressors
and their greed.
So let me be in their image,
let me stand up for humanity
but let me have my own voice!

It is tempting to believe that a great man will come along and lead us to a better world but the battle for good and evil lies in in every man. A victory is felt every time a soul moves beyond the ego, the conditioning of the mind. In other words freedom is found within first and then it cannot be denied. I go on … this was a terrific write.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you so much Pryde. I am a secularist and free thinker. Too many people have to have something to believe in other than themselves which is why religion has dominated and why 'party' politics sucks.

[Pryde Foltz]

I have more Buddhist leaning these days … when you see all as one there can be no parties.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

What no singing and dancing?

[Pryde Foltz]

No lots of those kind of parties.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks 'M' I have just joined a freethinker's group and just reading up on it is inspiring.

[Lyn Anderson]

What a beautiful write on humanity, democracy, peace and freedom.

[Frieda P]

You certainly have your own voice here John. Freedom is pretty much an illusion, we're all slaves to some kind of imprisonment in our own minds....albeit, I love where you took this one.

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
― Gloria Steinem

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Truth does not have to piss you off my Lady! But thank you.