The word “Freedom”
The word “Freedom” had many meanings.
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
Words. Could have different meanings.
I learn the word “Freedom” can be defined in many forms.
I stood with the USA flag by good friends lost to war. The USA flag stand for freedom, equality and opportunity.
The cost of freedom is costly. We must embrace freedom and ensure the words equality and opportunity
is alive and well in the USA. Below is a poem I wrote 25 years ago. To maintain freedom. It demands payment.
Freedom
Complete freedom is when you don’t care about nothing. Freedom can be walking alone with your eyes closed to the suffering of the world surrounding you.
Being free is being alone without dreams.
When you are completely free, having love cannot be, for love will strangle your time from being free of responsibilities and love.
Freedom of no tears, laughter and sadness mean you never held a child, you cannot see the pollution and the sick and dying children.
Yesterday I talks of freedom. Today I wished I held one sweet woman forever, had a child laughing and talking at my feet. Heard sweet words like Daddy and I love you.
But my years of freedom left me with bitterness and sedative in life. Now I wish too late for roads I cannot find. Faces I wished to see and kiss. Dear people I wished to embraced with great hugs and to tell them. I love you and I’m thankful for you.
Today I speak little of freedom. Maybe I’m too late to help the hungry child? The wars taking young men and women just learning to live? Too late for pretty woman who drowned me in sweet love?
All I have left is to be free.
Maybe I have wandered so far and forgiveness is not possible anymore.
I can’t forgive myself for my selfishness and greed in living.
Today I have found real freedom. Now I must learn to reach out and touch love. Scream and shout against useless wars killing and teaching our youth blood and death before love and sweet kiss.
Be the gentle hands feeding the poor. Ensuring every child had a safe home, food and education. Be someone who want the responsibility of saving the world. Not making excuses.
Today our world need the gentle caress of people working with the old and simple dreams. Dreams of peace, no hunger, men with smiles, medicine, food and water. Not bullets, guns and soldiers.
Being free is still so damn important. How can we know peace when we can’t even feed our own country.
Freedom my friend. Is costly. We have written laws to ensure fairness and equality. I like the Native American logic. One world and one people. Parent are the teachers of the children. Teach them well my friend.
Old poetry and thoughts. I wish the madmen in our world learn. War had no race, color or religion. Murder and killing had no preference. When wars are being fought. War will find you. Heal, not kill.
Bullets and bombs don’t discriminate. How many will fight in war to know peace?
Some old wise person wrote. War and peace cannot be spoke in the same sentence. You can’t aim at war and seek peace.
War is man’s sin. John Denver.
Coyote/John Castellenas
Written in 1989/rewrote in 2014
Freedom is a Part of life and fighting and only when we have to. Lovely.
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We need to fight for the right things. Not the wrong things. Iraq was a example. A peaceful region now in complete confusion because of a poor President. The new President gave guns and bullets to people in Syria who killed our soldiers and they will again. Time for logic. Befriend your friends with aide. Not the enemy.
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We need to fight for the right things. Not the wrong things. Iraq was a example. A peaceful region now in complete confusion because of a poor President. The new President gave guns and bullets to people in Syria who killed our soldiers and they will again. Time for logic. Befriend your friends with aide. Not the enemy.
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Let’s just face the truth, the President wanted a war to stir the economy because he promised American’s jobs. It was his political soapbox all through his campaign. The democrats backed him because they like giving away everything for free without consequences which is exactly what the republicans hate, So they agreed to disagree and let it happen. Its going o happen again.
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I don’t know. What side do Obama pick. He gave weapons to both? Can’t win with either. I spend a lot of time in this part of the world. They don’t want USA help. We are just the tools for create separation.
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Obama doesn’t choose sides, because he doesnt care, Thats not his agenda, he just wants to create jobs and stir the economy and do shit. He has never even been over there. He sends dickheads instead.
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You are right. Some topics have no final answers. Just more questions. Better to write about love and hope. Better to think about Paris and utopia somewhere.
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Hey…Did you write “I wanted Paris and You wanted me” yet
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Tonight. I have a clear mind. I watched my 9 month Grandson today alone for the first time today. We roamed the parks. I like the newness of things in the eyes of kids. Too bad we lose this joy.
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Wow! I love babies and little ones. 9 months, he depends on you o survive, so helpless, like you can be everything he needs. Feel needed, Love unconditionally. I love your story. So sweet. And no I read your words, you haven’t lost it, it may not always be present and what we want, but you haven’t lost it. This day is proof.
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Thank you my Catnip. I’m off to write and thank you my muse.
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Sounds deliciously perfect for an ending to a perfect day. I wrote one you inspired today. My interpretation of freedom you can read later.
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Okay.
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