Freedom

Freedom

It’s what we fight for

What we die for

What this nation was built upon

The constitution was framed by it

All we are we owe to freedom

But freedom doesn’t exist

Not really

Freedom is just a bigger cage

Think about it

We live in this land of the free

Land of Freedom

But you still cannot speak your mind like you want

You still can’t worship the God you want

Love who you want

And even if you could, there would still be restrictions of some sort

Think about it

Freedom

Just a bigger cage

 

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Just something I threw together

Author's Note

Think about it

Reviews

[under-the-water]

this is one of those poems that make me think. so - steve - do you feel that we should all have freedom of speech. do you feel if i decide to yell fire in a movie theater - and i get arrested or watever - i can protect my self by using the first amendment as a shield? in what way can't we worship the god we want - again first amendment. and when u say we can't love who we want - r u saying society puts restrictions on that? id like to hear your opinion. this poem is awesome and really made me take a few minutes and think. nice job - if i were u i would consider this a success :)

[Steven Cash]

Thanks so much

[Steven Cash]

and we can pm bout that anytime

[Kenaz]

Why can't you love who you want?

[Steven Cash]

It's like, if a guy is 20, and loves a girl who is 16. Its against the law

[Kenaz]

Law wouldn't matter if the love was true enough. Romeo and Juliet loved each other and if they hadn't been stupid they would have been free to love forever eventually.

[Steven Cash]

hmm, yea

[Kenaz]

don't worry, there may be no hope for humanity but you don't have to be part of that group. Think higher than the rest.

[Steven Cash]

yes true

[Kaylor Mason]

That's very, very good. Freedom is never free, and even if we did have an absolute anarchy in this nation, we're still a slave to the consequences of all our actions--that's the truly ironic part

[Steven Cash]

Lol yea

[Tasha]

Wow. I agree with this.

[Steven Cash]

Glad you do Tasha

[R.O.M.E.T.S.I.]

The human brain, spirit, is made up of walls and boundries and mental blockages. It's in our nature really. No matter how open minded a person is in comparison, they're still there. So as long as the world's ruled by humans, there's always a cage. The best we can do is try and expand it. That's what writters and other artists are for.

[Steven Cash]

Amen

And as long as man is alive, hate will exist

[R.O.M.E.T.S.I.]

Guess (relative) inteligence comes at a steep price.

[Steven Cash]

yep yep

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

Our freedoms are slowly being taken from us in every day life, but we can all live free in the mind as well as on the blank piece of paper that sits in front of us writers.

[Steven Cash]

even with that that is just a bigger cage lol

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

I know, they placed me in one for what I had written lol

[Steven Cash]

aah

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

Sad story really. Due to my first born being born mixed race my family decided to disown her when she was just a baby. This broke my heart, so I took to poetry as a means of expressing my heartache. As I had named my family members, I was taken to court for threats to kill, harassment and slander through poetry. The threats to kill and slander charges were dropped as this wasn't the case, but the harassment through poetry charge stuck. I was given a 5 year poetry/rap/performance/publishing censorship, 180 hrs community service and 2 yrs suspended sentence. All for fighting back against family racism. British injustice at it's best.

[Steven Cash]

Not to be a pain. But u should have said what you had to say but not mention their names
Cause if u don't have names they have to admit they did something wrong in order to prove the poetry is about them

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

No pain at all. You have a good point. It's definitely a lesson I've learnt the hard way. I'll be trying a different approach when my censorship ends in 2014.

[Steven Cash]

Be careful tho
I may not agree with everything u write but I dont wanna see u jailed for nothing again

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

I will. Myself neither, it's not a place I wish to revisit. Thanks for the friendly warning :)

[Steven Cash]

No probs

[Westminster Abbey]

True. Very true. I've heard people say that there is no freedom at all.

Nicely constructed. 100/100

[Steven Cash]

Thank you Abbey!

[Harley (arbiter)]

Nice man. It is a thinker and mostly true. Good job

[Steven Cash]

Thank you much!