I saw a request in another group for submissions on what does freedom mean to you?  It got me thinking about freedom and subjectivity.  Here is my conclusion (for now)  

Freedom

A interesting philosophical debate

A word bandied

Somewhere between love

And hate

 

Freedom

Such a big word

Interpreted according

To where you are the world

 

Freedom

Idealogical, abstract noun

Ask me what freedom is

Then ask him

Or her

 

Free to voice

Free to choose

Free to live

Without any rules

 

Free to be who you are

Free to exist

Without scrutiny

 

Freedom

To not be bound

Free from tyranny

A privilege

For people like me

 

Look at this

Here I am

Masturbating through

My poetry

 

Does that make me free?

Then why do I

Censor my words

Why am I so keen

To fit in with the herd?

 

Freedom

One thing to me

Another to you 

I ask for the freedom to live

 

Unchained from the constraints

Of societal norms

I want to say what I think

And to hell with you all!

 

But I have brothers

And sisters

Out there in the world

Who would give their own blood

To walk out of line

 

I will never presume

That I feel their pain

Let’s not beat around the bush

Let us not pretend

 

Heaven forbid

We should ever forget

Mandela

Nasser  Zefzafi

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Martin Luther King

Rosa Parks

Susan Bromwell Anthony

Roxana Saberi

 

And so the list goes on

There is no end

So when you ask me

What does freedom

Mean to you?

 

Forgive me if I take my time

Because freedom 

Is too big a word 

For me to contemplate 

 

I will leave you now

To deliberate

I’m in no rush

So take your time

 

I already know

Your interpretation

Will differ from mine

C.K.23.