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i've been thinking about this thing called "Freedom"

La Cubana says I violate her sense of freedom when I'm too demanding

I have my own business so that I can feel a sense of freedom from bosses, from working under somebody elses agenda

I left New Jersey as an teenager, ran away from home...high-taled it as far as i could go...to escape the intense, religious and emotional prison i felt
my upbringing had encased me in

as much as i have disliked the baby bush since he (stole) the election...
i'd remained somewhat open-minded...hoping for the best..until he began the process of stealing the freedom of Americans..thru his "Patriot Act"

i support democracy over any other kind of government because it allows for the freedom to choose (or at least appear to choose) ones own leaders..

Israel...is profoundly important to me because it was the beacon of light at the end of the Holocaust... a flickering sign of hope, salvation and freedom in the middle of the dessert..

but what is the price we will pay for freedom?

do you throw away a chance at life long love in the name of freedom?

do you spend your life, running from authority in the name of freedom?

do i lose myself as an artist because i am so busy keeping myself self-employed
to support my freedom to be my own boss?

when home, with it's roaring fireplace, sizzling stew on the stove, purring cat,
lovely wife cuddled in the bed waiting for you beckons...do you..find a reason..to go out..because..safety and warmth and comfort...feels like a trade off...for freedom...?

will george junior, murder millions in the name of freedom?

will we all think it's a good idea?

will we make abortion illegal...so that women can no longer have the freedom of choice...in the name of the freedom of their un-born children?

will Israel be destroyed trying to remain alive and free?

will thousands more innocent lives be blown up by terrorists..who demand
their freedom to implement...their version of fundamentalist Islam on to the world?

will i wake up one morning
and realize that endless joy
has evaporated from my life..
in the name of leaving oneself open
to the freedom
and the possibilities of life?

freedom

such a beautiful word

the very cornerstone
of what this country is based on

the seed that sits in the base of our souls

we are all unique
we are all different from each other
we are the only one in the universe who is us..

and yet
we are all together
we are all one
we are all the same
we are all part of a greater whole

and if we can't find a way
to make our sense of freedom
fit into the freedom of others..

all of us will be slaves

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