Monday, July 21, 2025

What Peace and Freedom Mean to Me

 Peace, the hush between heartbeats ~ 

the soft breath of a ridge morning, 

the wild thyme creeping

nothing demanding to be fixed.


I rise without rushing,

no chasing clocks, my thoughts my own. 

the sound of wind whistling,

not silence, just nature’s din. 


Freedom is a burden ~ 

And I choose the load

building a home with my blueprint

On soil I’ve made special


Walking without shrinking,

unafraid of the vastness of the sky.

saying “no” without trembling,

and “yes” when my soul wants to fly.


Peace is not perfect, it wobbles and weaves , 

but it sleeps next to courage at night.

Freedom’s not easy, but fiercely it loves

the right to define what is right.


Together, they bloom like the risk I planted

with hands that have trembled and healed


proof that my life is not borrowed or broken

but wholly and finally real.


So give me no thrones, no applause, no disguise

just sun on my face and truth in my eyes.

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