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PONDERING FREEDOM by Raine Carosin

FREEDOM PONDERED
by Raine Carosin
started 27 November 2014
maybe finished 30 November 2014
Audio visual youtube.com/watch?v=-2yleXoF6S...eature=youtu.be

FREEDOM IS A FEELING
AND THAT FEELING'S VERY GOOD
I KNOW IF YOU COULD BUY IT
YOU MOST CERTAINLY WOULD

IF YOU COULD WIN IT
YOU'D PLAY THOSE ACES HIGH
BUT IT'S JUST A FEELING
AND FEELINGS JUST GO BY

BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T
AND WON'T GO UNTIL A VICTORY IS WON
AND THE COST IS USUALLY VERY HIGH
FOR A FEELING YOU COULD HAVE BEGONE

IN FIGHTING FOR YOUR FREEDOM
YOU'VE BROUGHT EVERYBODY DOWN
YOU'VE MADE YOUR MOTHER CRY
AND YOU'VE MADE YOUR FATHER FROWN

YOU'VE SET ALL NATURE FREE
NOW THEY'VE NOWHERE TO HOME
COZ THE GARDENERS WANT MORE MONEY
AND THE GARDEN'S OVERGROWN

AND THE SNAKES MOVED INTO PARADISE
LIKE THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE
AND YOU FIND THAT YOUR PRECIOUS FREEDOM
IS BEHIND A BOLTED DOOR

AND THE MORE THEY TRY TO WARN YOU
THE MORE YOU REBEL AND CRY
"I WILL FIGHT FOR MY FREEDOM,
EVEN IF I HAVE TO DIE"

AND THE FORESTS AND THE JUNGLES
AND THE DESERTS AND THE SEAS
ALL COME AND GO AS THE AGES FLOW
IN AND OUT OF THIS DISEASE

SO I LOCK MYSELF AWAY
ANOTHER DAY TO PLAY
WHILE I WORK FOR MY PAY
TO EARN ANOTHER DAY
TO HAVE FEELINGS GALORE
AND THINGS EVERMORE
AND THE PRICES ALWAYS SOAR
UNTIL THE VALUE HITS THE FLOOR

AND THE PRICE I PAY FOR LIFE
GRANTS ME TIME TO PLAY
AND EXPERIENCE ELUSIVE FREEDOM
THAT THING I'D LOVE TO STAY

SO PROTEST ALL YOU WANT
ONLY YOU THE VALUE KNOW
OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO

BUT JUST REMEMBER ALWAYS
JUST WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
AND WHY EVERYONE CAN'T BE FREE

SO I LOCK MY DOORS BEHIND ME
TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM THUGS
WHO WANT EVERYTHING I'VE GOT
BUT WHO WON'T GIVE ME HUGS

INSTEAD THEY'LL KEEP THEIR LAW
IN THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE STREETS
AND I WON'T WANDER FAR FROM HOME
TO SEARCH OUT SECRET SWEETS

FOR THOSE STREETS ARE PROTECTED
AND THE GROUNDS ARE A SACRED LOT
WHERE I'D LIKE TO GO TO PLAY
AND I SURE DON'T WANNA BE SHOT

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOME BAG SNATCHER
OR A PAEDOPHILE IN THE SHADE
WATCHING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY
THAT HE THINKS HIS GOD HAS MADE

SO UNTIL THIS WAR IS OVER
THE AGES WILL ROLL BY
AND THE EARTH WILL LAST FOREVER
AND THE WIND WILL ALWAYS SIGH
AND THE FOREST AND THE JUNGLES
AND THE DESERTS AND THE SEAS
WILL HOST THE SNAKES AND LADDERS
UNTIL HELL ITSELF WILL FREEZE

DON'T YOU KNOW YOURSELF BY NOW
THAT THE BATTLE LIES WITHIN
TO GO TO WORK EVERY MORNING
AND LOOK AFTER YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND KIN
AND CURB THAT HUNGRY FEELING
WHEN THE TIME ISN'T RIGHT
UNTIL IT COMES IN GLORY
WITH A DAY THAT BURNS SO BRIGHT
AND WE'LL ALL STAND TOGETHER
AND WAVE THIS ALL GOODBYE
FOR ONLY LOVE LASTS FOREVER
AND FREEDOM IS A LIE

WHAT IS LOVE YOU ASK
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW
IT'S DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS
AND REAPING WHAT YOU SOW
IT'S SWEATING AND FORGIVING
IT'S TOILING AND THANKS GIVING
IT'S ANGER AT THE RIGHT TIME
IT'S HUGGING AT THE NIGHT TIME
IT'S HOLDING ONTO BABIES
IT'S HOLDING ONTO HANDS
IT'S MAKING TIME TO EXPERIENCE FREEDOM
IN FOREIGN AND HOME LANDS
IT'S MAKING FOOD AND DRINKS
IT'S MAKING MONEY, TOO
TO BUY THE THINGS THAT LOVE SO WANTS
TO GIVE TO ME AND YOU

FEELINGS, YOU MAY SAY
LIKE FREEDOM CAN BE BOUGHT
OR FREEDOM CAN BE WON
IN A BATTLE YOU HAVE FOUGHT
I CAN'T AGREE OR DISAGREE
I'VE NO TIME TO PONDER THAT
THE SUN SHINES HOTLY ON MY HEAD
I MUST GO AND BUY A HAT

WHAT KIND OF HAT DOES LOVE WEAR
WHEN THE WORLD IS AT THE DOOR
I GUESS I'D PEEK THROUGH THE PEEPHOLE
AND ASK: WHAT YOU WANT ME FOR
AND WHAT KIND OF HAT DOES LOVE WEAR
TO GO OUT AND PLAY
I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE
COZ SOME PEOPLE HAVE GONE ASTRAY

I DON'T DO YOU HARM
I HOPE WITH THIS RHYME
I'M LISTENING TO THE STORM
AND ENJOYING MY FREE TIME
IF IT BOTHERS YOU TO READ
THEN TOSS THESE WORDS ASIDE
YOUR FREEDOM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
DOESN'T MEAN I OWN YOUR HIDE

WE ALL MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS
TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WHEN I GO OUT TO PLAY IN THE HAY
I HOPE YOU'RE COMING TOO
BUT WHEN THE DAY REQUIRES
MY SWEAT AND MY STRENGTH
I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN TO BALE THE HAY
AND MEASURE EVERY LENGTH
FOR AS WE SOW WE REAP
OUR REWARDS THAT WE NEED
TO BUILD A LAND THAT'S PROUD AND FREE
AND ALL OUR MOUTHS TO FEED

OF COURSE OF SNAKES BEWARE
THEY MAY STRIKE AT ANY TIME
AND TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOM
TO WORK FOR PLAY AND DIME
DON'T LET THEM TAKE MY THINGS
THAT I KEEP WITHIN MY WALLS
DON'T LET THEM CLAMP MY MOUTH
SO MY GOD WON'T HEAR MY CALLS

OUR HEROES AND OUR FORCES
AND OUR WORKERS AND OUR GUARDS
ARE TRYING TO PROTECT EVERYBODY
IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR YARDS
FOR THE AGES WE NOW LIVE IN
CONTAIN FAR TOO MANY SNAKES
AND THEY BREED IN MANY PLACES
SKY, LAND, SEA, RIVERS AND LAKES
I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM AND ME
THEY LOOK LIKE ORDINARY CREATIONS
BUT THEY DON'T WANT ME TO BE FREE
AND IT GETS SO DARNED CONFUSING
SO I STAY WITHIN MY WALLS
AND PRAY FOR OUR PROTECTION
WHEN I VENTURE INTO MALLS

A MARTYR OR A SAINT
IS WHAT SOME WANT TO BE
BUT GO ABOUT IT THE WRONG WAY
AS THEY FIGHT TO BE FREE
DON'T BE THE ONE TO DRAW FIRST BLOOD
IN EVERY FIGHT YOU FIND
ONE DAY YOU'LL KNOW JUST WHAT WAS MEANT
WHEN THEY TOLD YOU LOVE IS BLIND

AS I MENTIONED ONCE BEFORE
CONFUSION REIGNS SOMETIMES
COZ I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOURS AND MINE
THE BORDERS WERE CREATED
BETWEEN THE LAND AND SEA
LIKE THE BORDERS OF MY WALLS
BETWEEN YOU AND ME
BUT VENTURING OUT TOWARDS YOU
IN LOVE, OR NEED OR AID
THERE ARE MANY I DON'T KNOW
AND UNSEEN BORDERS LAID
BUT VENTURE SOMETIMES I MUST
TO BUY OR WORK OR PLAY
TO KEEP MY COURAGE UP
I WALK UPRIGHT AND PRAY

I WATCH MY WORDS TAKE SHAPE
LIKE A MAGIC WAND IN FLIGHT
OR A MIRACLE TAKING SHAPE
IT IS QUITE A SIGHT

FRIGHTENED I CAN'T BE
STRONG I MUST STAND
AND LOCK MY DOORS
IN AND OUT
AND PRAY GOD PROTECTS OUR LAND

THERE'S MANY WAYS TO READ
WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO SAY
IN YOUR FREEDOM TO ENJOY THIS POEM
YOU INTERPRET IN YOUR OWN WAY
MAYBE YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME
BUT THAT'S NO WORRY HERE
WE ALL BELIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR
I'M JUST A POET
WHO'S PASSING PLEASANT TIME
MUSING OVER THE THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MY TIME
AND TRYING TO FATHOM REASON
WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO READ
WHAT I AM PLANTING IN THE GROUND
AND WHO I WISH TO FEED

MYSELF OF COURSE I NEED TO NOURISH
SO IN MY LIFE THAT I MAY FLOURISH
TO BLESS AND BE BLESSED FOR TRYING HARD
TO BE THE ONE WITH THE WINNING CARD
IN THE GAME OF LIFE I PLAY WITH YOU
THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PLAY WITH ME TOO
SO I MAY NOT FEEL ALIEN AND ALONE
WHEN I VENTURE OUT OF MY HOME
AND NOT BE FRIGHTENED THAT SOMEONE WILL STEAL
SOMETHING THAT'S REAL AND PRECIOUS TO ME

BUT HOW CAN ONE MAKE THAT FREEDOM BECOME
SOMETHING REAL THAT CAN BE LOST OR WON
DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN
FROM THE TOP
AMEN