Poetry Writing Month
What is Freedom? A Poem
A Cascade
Apr 14, 2025
What is freedom?
A treat a bully can snatch away?
An innate part of humanity?
A goal to fight for?
When those in power
Change the rules,
We lose our rights.
What is freedom?
Jailed for nothing,
Guilty until proven innocent,
Or never even tried.
A treat a bully can snatch away.
We are not born free,
Self-sufficient.
We need each other,
An innate part of humanity.
We strive for freedom,
Fight the bullies,
Share in our humanity,
A goal to fight for.
Esther learned to read when she was four years old, and began writing shortly thereafter. She is a Canadian queer Christian poet, crafting with words to create art and music.
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