JUST SING FREEDOM

For the world that is even now fighting to hear the song... whispering prayers...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom is a song

music, melody, measures

it can’t be chained

or bullet ceased

or dead stilled

blue notes play flattened forms

tailgate trombone

riffs across rifles

ragtime, rebop and ride

a hot lick coming in the middle

bones in syncopated rhythm

crimes against humanity

skulls scream of genocide

dead in every nationside

and country tide

screeching massacres

or justice caged

all of mercy in a rage

blood stained keys

sometimes no harmonies

but time beat time

tempo and cadence in a rhyme

prisons with no trials

raped lands across the miles

bigotry and hate

stomp and scream at the tune

chorus to coda with a comp

full of insanity

song still plays

play some funk and dance a jig

cool jazz to free jazz

there’s a rhythm in the back line

beating time

cold cement prison cells

stomp, stride and swing

scat with the sideman

pattin juba by slapping time

there’s a mickey ending  

when we cry freedom

freedom to love

freedom to choose peace

oh freedom is a song

don’t ever try to silence it

just sing freedom

til it’s every color

on every flag…

Author's Note

I won't stop believing in the song.. sing it with me now.. let's pick up the pace...

Reviews

[bluessadmood]

Ohh i read this my friend right after you wrote it..
i hesitated to comment lest not so old wounds open
and once they open i will sing myself maybe not so nice words that not all would like
Our freedom were taken forever..really we were not under a free government before
but once someone strange opens your door uninvited and takes his place
and acts like the owner of the place..you dont know my friend how this hurts
once i was on a mission to the local airport..some americans stopped me from getting in
only after hours of wait..i was furiuos ,a british security laughed to me and pacified me
he told me its your home with all the belongings but strange you are not allowed in..
i swear i felt tears and was ashamed they might fall..i will never show weakness there
frredom is very preciuos my friend,you will never know how dear it is untill you lose it
i really loved how you made a connection between music and peace and war
surly each and every has its own rhythm..really enjoyed this beautiful write
and i thank you for posting it..
lovely write..

[Marie Harrison]

Love this piece. What an invitation to enjoy life by cherishing our freedoms. Making a negative into a positive. The images of misfortune were vivid, but the joy and life in this poem outweighed them by far.

[Jenny Nelson]

Wonderful and empowering write. A pleasure to read!

[deeps]

This is such a wonderful most amazing write, simply lovely
This write makes you ponder a bit. I like this. Very nicely written craig!

[emmajoy]

What a wonderfully created poem, full of sound and movement, musical terms and such empathy for what's going on in our sad but beautiful world. You have the ability to make people think strongly and feel deeply .. this post is no different .. and yes, we must, truly must, pick up the pace.

'or justice caged
all of mercy in a rage
blood stained keys
sometimes no harmonies
but time beat time
tempo and cadence in a rhyme
prisons with no trials
raped lands across the miles
bigotry and hate
stomp and scream at the tune
chorus to coda with a comp
full of insanity ..'

Love the picture!