Freedom means to be free from torture whips and chains but we are not free and in chains we will remain unless we break free from ideas that create torture, whips, and chains Thanks for reading Paul’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Janis Joplin: “Freedom’s a word with nothing left to loose.”
Ideas are shields - and weapons
If I must be killed, I would rather it be by someone who needed my money to feed their children rather than by someone who did it for an idea.
Better to avoid the situation.
With you here
Fabulous thought piece.
Damn that's for sure
Indeed it is! Thanks Penny.
Capture a man’s mind and you’ll have capture his body and soul for eternity.
Capture that mind and stuff it with the idea that only some people are of value while some others don’t deserve to live or to participate in society.
In ourselves and in our own flawed minds...
I agree, Sure—Thank you for reading and commenting
The message in this poem is so true.
Thanks, Maureen!
Worth a reflection, thanks! Love it
Thank you for reading and commenting, Kristina!
Yes indeed. I've been listening to some Rage Against the Machine lately, and your poem reminds me of this potent part of "Know Your Enemy":
"Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E
Mind of a revolutionary, so clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The 'land of the free'?
Whoever told you that is your enemy"
Is it justice we demand
Or is it the world make sense?
...nice round up of Passover Seder))))
Chag Pesach Sameach, Chen
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We are what we think … a peaceful walk with my dog along a sunny, hillside road.
Excellent piece Paul.
Thank you, April
Grateful to @Cris C for this restack!
Paul, if you're going to break out the whips and chains, please be gentle. I don't heal as fast as I used to!
Whip it good