Poems about Freedom
#freedom
Poems about freedom and what it means to truly be free. Poetry about having the freedom to act, speak, and think as you want, and what it means when those rights are taken away. Poetry about situations and parts of the world where people have to fight for their freedom. Also, poetry about freeing yourself from a difficult past.
TimWombles
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2021 1:35pm
22nd Jan 2021 1:35pm
The World You Want To Own
Alone, on an island, in the middle of the sea
Not a soul around, only person here is me
The world is strange, had to get away
People bullying everyone, just to get their way
You want a nation of people who think just like you?
Toting a Bible, wrapped in red, white, and blue
You want a nation we left in 1955
Before most our nation's citizen were alive
You want subservient women who know their place
And people of color that know their race
Facts and science just get in the way
Ancient dogma is where you want to play ...
Not a soul around, only person here is me
The world is strange, had to get away
People bullying everyone, just to get their way
You want a nation of people who think just like you?
Toting a Bible, wrapped in red, white, and blue
You want a nation we left in 1955
Before most our nation's citizen were alive
You want subservient women who know their place
And people of color that know their race
Facts and science just get in the way
Ancient dogma is where you want to play ...
#politics
#freedom
420 reads
5 Comments
PoetsRevenge
Poem Published
20th Jan 2021 5:54am
20th Jan 2021 5:54am
I Look At The World (The Higher Road)
I seek to find
the higher road;
in country wide I roam.
But where to find
without bein' blind
a better way to go,
O, a better way to go!
When all around
our dreams lie bound
by fences and corrals;
on paths we walk
comrades who talk
of freer times than now,
O, of freer times than now!
I cannot see
nor feel their pull,
oppressed though they
in joy are masked --
all our wills defy this still:
the better road we lack,
O, the better road we lack!
..... ...
the higher road;
in country wide I roam.
But where to find
without bein' blind
a better way to go,
O, a better way to go!
When all around
our dreams lie bound
by fences and corrals;
on paths we walk
comrades who talk
of freer times than now,
O, of freer times than now!
I cannot see
nor feel their pull,
oppressed though they
in joy are masked --
all our wills defy this still:
the better road we lack,
O, the better road we lack!
..... ...
#racism
#freedom
#LangstonHughes
558 reads
8 Comments
Blackwolf
Poem Published
19th Jan 2021 4:45am
19th Jan 2021 4:45am
We Do Voodoo
Bitch I Got An Itch To Stitch Your Lips Together
So You Cannot Mutter What You Wish To Utter
Your Deception Has Been Received With Perception
Of Your Lies No Surprise I Await Your Cringing Cries
So You Cannot Mutter What You Wish To Utter
Your Deception Has Been Received With Perception
Of Your Lies No Surprise I Await Your Cringing Cries
#violence
#power
#politics
#freedom
#rebellion
558 reads
9 Comments
Scolar37
Scott Millar
Scott Millar
Poem Published
18th Jan 2021 9:11pm
18th Jan 2021 9:11pm
No Peeking!
To all of you peeking over the wall
There's one comes to mind straight away
No longer will you watch me if I'm to fall
I'm not the same guy as back in "our" day..
The winter has hardened my flesh
The spring has helped me to grow strong
Summer too helped with relighting my soul
Just as autumn kept pushing me along.
Now that I'm finally in full bloom
The fruits of my life are fresh and ripe
It took me a while, I'll admit that
But I had so many years to wipe...
So when I wake up in the morning
When I'm faced with...
There's one comes to mind straight away
No longer will you watch me if I'm to fall
I'm not the same guy as back in "our" day..
The winter has hardened my flesh
The spring has helped me to grow strong
Summer too helped with relighting my soul
Just as autumn kept pushing me along.
Now that I'm finally in full bloom
The fruits of my life are fresh and ripe
It took me a while, I'll admit that
But I had so many years to wipe...
So when I wake up in the morning
When I'm faced with...
#freedom
320 reads
0 Comments
Poetryman
Poem Published
18th Jan 2021 2:21pm
18th Jan 2021 2:21pm
A Song Contained in Silent Refrain
I do not want to preach to the choir
Nor do I want to preach for the choir
But I do want the chorus to understand
That the music in their collective soul
Also sings within the chambers of mine
No one can own or imprison freedom
Shackles and chains cannot contain the heart
Walls will never impede the breath of Jesus
From cooling the embers of hatred's stain
and
Freedom cannot ring in souls of silence
Nor do I want to preach for the choir
But I do want the chorus to understand
That the music in their collective soul
Also sings within the chambers of mine
No one can own or imprison freedom
Shackles and chains cannot contain the heart
Walls will never impede the breath of Jesus
From cooling the embers of hatred's stain
and
Freedom cannot ring in souls of silence
#freedom
417 reads
4 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
16th Jan 2021 12:49pm
16th Jan 2021 12:49pm
MORNING SILENCE WHEN IT RISES
As I silently walk across the sand leaving behind my footprints as I walk, aimlessly through the mist of the morning rising over the horizon. I stop to admire this piece of insightful beauty here before my eyes, as I inhale and exhale the freshness of the sea breeze filling my lungs with each stroke of the winds. Yet as I stare into the vision of the dead silence, that the morning silent brings with it comes an awakening feeling. As I become so intoxicated by the very thing that hypnotizes, me the most as it transcends through the stairway and gateways of my thoughts. For it is this kind of...
#LifeAsAWriter
#PowerOfWords
#freedom
#meditation
#StreamOfConsciousness
464 reads
6 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
16th Jan 2021 00:16am
16th Jan 2021 00:16am
the "god" honest truth
people worship a "God" in their image.... that's not a mystery.... for the greater good of a whole that serves an agenda meant to benefit a machine....
the machine is their "God";
exile to those who don't willfully follow.... surrounded by potential snakes, wolves, & sharks.... and the fact that you can't properly defend yourself from the day you are born; let alone without being thrown amongst their domain (entrapment/imprisonment)....
I believe in a "god", or higher source.......
the machine is their "God";
exile to those who don't willfully follow.... surrounded by potential snakes, wolves, & sharks.... and the fact that you can't properly defend yourself from the day you are born; let alone without being thrown amongst their domain (entrapment/imprisonment)....
I believe in a "god", or higher source.......
#spiritual
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#humankind
#freedom
368 reads
LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
15th Jan 2021 3:29pm
15th Jan 2021 3:29pm
Evil King's Daily Dish
#sex
#power
#freedom #deception
#freedom #deception
391 reads
1 Comment
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
15th Jan 2021 3:21am
15th Jan 2021 3:21am
life after death
I often wonder....
I'm open to the idea;
I often wonder....
I wish it were crystal clear;
I often wonder....
most times I hate it here;
I often wonder....
knowing would eliminate despair/fear....
I often wonder....
I'd like to know;
I often wonder if it's not all show; when others tell their stories and "smile with a glow"
If strong enough belief is all it took to manifest the uncomprehendable; I believe with all my might; that there's something better on...
I'm open to the idea;
I often wonder....
I wish it were crystal clear;
I often wonder....
most times I hate it here;
I often wonder....
knowing would eliminate despair/fear....
I often wonder....
I'd like to know;
I often wonder if it's not all show; when others tell their stories and "smile with a glow"
If strong enough belief is all it took to manifest the uncomprehendable; I believe with all my might; that there's something better on...
#death
#spiritual
#freedom
297 reads
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
13th Jan 2021 7:10pm
13th Jan 2021 7:10pm
an uncommon sense of destructive senselessness.
they thought supposed unknown
with a trite hidden face
intended brutal stark malice
and pure dark hearted abhorrence
on full display
a misled wrath enraged,
inflamed to explosive ignited
'tis truer than-- and now an abundant disgrace
as bigot's evil desperately perpetrated
purposeful
down through to very bone, encouraged
riled to such gross severe,
belief of an uncommon pointless hate
all goodness and sense
left wilting to forsake
bloodied.
bullied.
beaten.
killed.
instigated by A...
with a trite hidden face
intended brutal stark malice
and pure dark hearted abhorrence
on full display
a misled wrath enraged,
inflamed to explosive ignited
'tis truer than-- and now an abundant disgrace
as bigot's evil desperately perpetrated
purposeful
down through to very bone, encouraged
riled to such gross severe,
belief of an uncommon pointless hate
all goodness and sense
left wilting to forsake
bloodied.
bullied.
beaten.
killed.
instigated by A...
#anger
#hate
#hope
#CallToAction
#freedom
565 reads
21 Comments
Blackwolf
Poem Published
13th Jan 2021 2:19am
13th Jan 2021 2:19am
Read It Nation Then Contemplation And Reiteration
New View / What We Do / Breakin' Through / Just Know We're Comin' For You
Take You Down / Body Mound / New King Crowned And We Hear The Sound
Of Your Weak Lunged Protest / We Shall Give You No Rest / You Failed The Test
You Want Revolution / We Want Evolution / With An Elocution Constitution !
Take You Down / Body Mound / New King Crowned And We Hear The Sound
Of Your Weak Lunged Protest / We Shall Give You No Rest / You Failed The Test
You Want Revolution / We Want Evolution / With An Elocution Constitution !
#power
#politics
#freedom
426 reads
3 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
10th Jan 2021 12:56pm
10th Jan 2021 12:56pm
"happy place"
gravity non-existent; soring above all wedges; no more being tested; purpose, less relevance;
wishful becomes past tense; no longer held captive; no longer looked down upon with judgement; blissfully departed
no more beginning nor ending; no more expectations; no more potential arguments/disagreements; no more extended conversations
no more waiting; no more micro management; no more validation needed; no more mental, emotional imbalance....
"happy place"...
wishful becomes past tense; no longer held captive; no longer looked down upon with judgement; blissfully departed
no more beginning nor ending; no more expectations; no more potential arguments/disagreements; no more extended conversations
no more waiting; no more micro management; no more validation needed; no more mental, emotional imbalance....
"happy place"...
#MentalHealth
#freedom
#emotions #spiritual
#emotions #spiritual
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