Freedom is elusive,

We yearn for it when young.

But do we ever achieve it?

Is it not just a fallacy?

Once grown we discover

Invisible ties that bind.

Yet would we be without

Our friends and family?

It barely needs saying,

Compared to a prisoner

Or an animal in a cage,

We appear to be free.

But while money exists,

A man made commodity,

Everyone is restricted,

It is freedom to a degree.

A holiday of relaxation

Can set up so well.

Otherwise true freedom

Can be so hard to find.

I guess we need commitment,

Does freedom really exist?

Maybe when we define it,

Freedom is a state of mind.