{"id":399,"date":"2017-03-10T21:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2017-03-10T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:45:32","slug":"on-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/399","title":{"rendered":"On Freedom…"},"content":{"rendered":"

He laughs;<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 when he does, his face opens<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his eyes beam like moon and stars<\/em><\/p>\n

In the silence of his voice<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 no words exist<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but the soft hum of an almost<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forgotten song<\/em><\/p>\n

In the enclosed world<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 of his room<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he opens up a huge universe<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he creates with letters<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 found in his new life<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forming images that<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 did not exist before<\/em><\/p>\n

In the physical restraints<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 his freedom grows<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for true freedom lives inside<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nowhere else<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nothing free exists in his world<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 except inner freedom<\/em><\/p>\n

Not ever was anyone capable<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 of taking that away<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and no one ever will<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 be able to<\/em><\/p>\n

He laughs in the knowledge<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 that his freedom is written<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in stars<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and moon.<\/em>
\nDarren White, 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He laughs; \u00a0\u00a0 when he does, his face opens \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his eyes beam like moon and stars In the silence of his voice \u00a0\u00a0 no words exist \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but the soft hum of an almost \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forgotten song In the enclosed world \u00a0\u00a0 of his room \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he opens up a huge universe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 he … Continue reading On Freedom…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literaturepoetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-6r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":569,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/569","url_meta":{"origin":399,"position":0},"title":"Freedom XIV","author":"Les","date":"March 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Have a great weekend. 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