Living Freedom Archive

When I was a young man and needed to believe that my service to my country meant something, I held closely words like “land of the free and home of the brave.” But after serving a year of front line combat in the jungles of Vietnam, I realized just how hollow those words were.
I […]

Once upon a time, rage lived in my heart —
Craving revenge for crimes against women,
Crimes against children,
Crimes against Earth,
Crimes against me.
I used to think, “Man, you violate and hate,
You conquer Beauty,
Use it up, discard the carcass,
Then find a new Trophy Queen.”
I used to think “man” you’re the problem,
And with that thought, I kept my distance,
And […]

I was seven or eight years old and the words above the water fountains in the old courthouse in my hometown in Arkansas read – ‘White’s Only’ – ‘Colored’s Only’.
I had just gotten my first taste of what it meant to take another persons […]