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I HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE WILL
AND IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU AGREE
BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS ARE MY OWN.
I CHOOSE WHAT I THINK
WHAT I FEEL
WHAT I KNOW.
AND THOUGH YOU CAN CHAIN ME,
MY HANDS
    AND FEET,
IN SHACKLES
YOU CAN NOT STOP MY MIND
NOR CAN YOU STOP MY HEART.
I LOVE FREELY, AND HATE
I FEAR FREELY, AND LEARN.

SO, SOMEDAY, WHEN I HAVE ESCAPED
YOUR CHAINS OF IGNORANCE,
I WILL QUESTION THE UNQUESTIONABLE,
CHANGE THE UNCHANGEABLE,
AND THE LEAD THE WORLD INTO AN AGE OF UNDERSTANDING.
BUT I WILL NOT DO IT BY WAR
RATHER IT WILL COME WITH
WISDOM
AND REALIZATION OF
OUR FREE WILL
SOMETHING NOTHING
AND NO ONE
CAN TAKE AWAY

THROW YOUR WORST AT US.
ALL YOUR RIGHT AND WRONG,
RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT,
AND WE WILL LOOK AT THEM WITH
CLEAR HEARTS AND
CLEAR EYES.
THUS, WE WILL SEE THEM AS YOU CAN NOT.
WE WILL SEE THE REAL RIGHT AND WRONG
THE REAL RELIGION AND GOVERNMENTS,
BUT NOT ONLY WILL WE RECOGNIZE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY ARE
WE WILL KNOW, UNDERSTAND
AND LOOSE NONE OF THAT WHICH IS OURS.

CREATIVITY, PASSION, AND SPIRIT.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE LOST.
EVERYTHING WE ARE FIGHTING TO RETAIN.

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE WILL.
A RIGHT TO CHOOSE, A RIGHT TO PASSION,
A RIGHT TO QUESTION, A RIGHT TO CREATIVITY,
AND ABOVE ALL, A RIGHT TO UNDERSTAND.
Its a pity to realize that the world around us views creativity and passion in less of a limelight than before. People are forever telling us to do what will make the most money, or to waste our lives in jobs that bring us no joy.

This... well, I don't know what you would call it, is aimed at all of the loss we have taken over the last few generations.
© 2008 - 2024 pirate-LD
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Venaeli's avatar
Welcome to the paradox that is life, hon. That which is truly beautiful hurts many by their own doing, not its presence. It is trod and spit on by the masses, misunderstood. This rarity is what makes it valuable, however.

Your words rang true in my heart and even uplifted my spirit a little.

Thank you.