Free Will

Does freedom exist?

Democracy
Freedom of the people
For the people
By the people
It obviously works
Look at the States

Or does it?

Look gain
At distrust and oppression
At the slander, the lawsuits
The wars, the disease
The hate and sorrow
The fear of tomorrow

The people are ‘free’
But are they really?

There will always be injustice
In life, in relationships---in general
There will always be bias
Racism, Discrimination…

There will always be history
Stalking you, haunting you

In the world, it’s a joke
Justice? Ha!
Life isn’t fair
Freedom? Ha!
Society bind you at every turn

So where’s this so-called democracy?
This so-called freedom?
This so-called justice?

The world doesn’t show it.
It doesn’t exist in society.

It’s a lie. A joke
It doesn’t exist.
End of story.

Author's Note

Does freedom really exist?
Or are we just fooling ourselves?
Hope you enjoyed... :)
Sylvia.

Reviews

[Inspiring Writer]

Yeh, Freedom does still exist.. it's inside our inner, inside our body, in our life and inside our heart. Whatever we see around the world's what... "Freedom"!
-How can we live our life freely a question come from here ?
Ans.
We can live our live with our passion, with our shy in this world but without any crime or doing crime in bad nights. We should have to stop doing activities which hurt everyone who're living in this world too. We should have to stop annoying others by doing Harsh activities that make a great impact on our life. We have to live our live with some love or shine. We don't have to hurt others feelings without any reasons... by doing this we can live our life with the freedom.

yeh, we're all fooling ourselves by doing folly things all the day in nights. We think we're smarter than other but why we don't think, that doesn't mean if we're smart then the other one's a moron. Nice Question you asked. :) Glad to read Author's Note :)

Nice work and you impressed me by writing your great Author's Note, it made me to think about it more ... think about the life more in deep. Thanks for writing such kinda a nice piece. Hope you'll made some new one's very soon. You always impress me by your great stuffs indeed. Your talent's now touching the layer of the toppest sky.

And of course, i did enjoy... just keep writing!

[Wall of Words]

Thank you very much. :) You're inspiring me to write more poems. Haha. XD
I'm glad you really thought deeply about the poem, that was my intention. I wanted the readers to really think about freedom, and if it exists and if so where. You understood that point.
You flatter me with many compliments I don't deserve... thank you, though. :)
I will keep writing!
Sylvia.

[Erica D.]

This poem has a bouncy, almost jovial aspect and rhythm to it, like a bru-ha-ha bar song. I like it, very sarcastic and forward and loud. It draws the audience in by having a certain conversational touch. For example, the lines "In the world, it’s a joke Justice? Ha!Life isn’t fair Freedom? Ha!" Its like you're speaking to us. My eyes have been recently opened to such atrocities that befall our country, by our country. It's nice to know others are aware and outspoken.

[Wall of Words]

Yes, well, I was in a irritated, confined mood and decided to write a poem about it, wondering if there really was such a thing as freedom. And this is what I got. :) I'm glad you agree and enjoyed it. :)
Sylvia.

[Mike Cole]

Very good poem I love reading about freedom and justice and just being able to question what that really means in our society and in our world today. I really enjoyed your writing

[Wall of Words]

Thank you, I appreciate it. :)

[Aethereal]

We'll never be truly free 'till we understand who we are, and why we do the things that we do. Every Psychiatrist knows that our conscious mind is just a puppet of our subconscious mind who pulls all the strings in our lives. Most of us are automatons programmed by stealthy subliminal subconscious forces. To make things worse we have traded Psychoanalysis for dangerous addictive Pharmaceutical Drugs. This has been known for ages: Socrates once said, "Above all else know thy self!". Jesus' last words where. "Forgive them for they no not what they do!" Julius Caesars would have said as much to his friends who assassinated him. All three had the same things in common, and the same fate.

[Wall of Words]

You sound like Freud, with the whole subconscious mind idea. The iceberg of consciousness... Haha. I think he was somewhat right...
Anyway, your comment was very supplementary. I appreciate the time you took to read my poem and write out your review. :)
Sylvia.

[Aethereal]

Freud just turned a notion that was suspected for ages into a science, but he seems to have gotten himself into just as much trouble as all those others in the past by touching that hot spot within the human psyche. People don't enjoy being told that they are puppets to hidden forces. Much of Freud's work expressed how the ancients dealt with the subconscious through mythological symbolism. The main gist of myth and religion has always been to help people understand themselves so as to have a more stable society. Also many people don't want their religion converted to a science for both emotional and economic reasons. Religion is a business too.

[zainul]

Freedom is felt when people get a holiday on first May after a massacre.
That is the reward rather bandage for the blood shedding.
Freedom is felt when the foreign rulers leave a country which they colonized and exploited for years together.
Freedom is felt when people get rid of road jam in which they were stranded for hours.
Freedom is a relative thing.
Thanks for the thought.
It may be echoed in each heart whatever her/his gender or nationality is.

[Wall of Words]

Thank you for the insightful review. :) I appreciate you taking your time to read and comment on my piece. :)
Sylvia.

[zainul]

You are most welcome,Sylvia.:)
I have to visit your treasure of poems more frequently.
You are a perfect genius.:)

[Wall of Words]

You flatter me. XD
Thank you very much.

[zainul]

That's my real pleasure.:)
Recognizing a person for her ability is my responsibility.

[Rahul]

Nicely penned. Great job, liked this piece :)

[ron]

It does. as long as we have a voice we can be free to dissagree and change what is not right. It is when the voice of the people is gaged thats when freedom ends. We still have a voice. Good write though you make a very good point.

[Wall of Words]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. And I think I agree. When we have a voice, freedom is not lost... :)
Sylvia.