When We Say Freedom We Are Naked
November 11th, 2006
when we say freedom we are children
forming a word out of our desire, our instinct
shaping something we can’t yet embrace, may never
our meaning gathers so many layers and nuances
in time
we are speechless
when we say freedom we are human
what other creature needs the concept, the comfort
when we say freedom we are naked
aware of every prison, literal, emotional, spiritual, physical, mental,
self-created, self-imposed, dictated
we know these tortures intimately
we created them, too
and our genius is that we believe in freedom
in the midst of all this
and fight for it
and die for it
even though we don’t know what it is
by Angela
Gibsons, B.C.
