FREEDOM…just another word for nothing left to lose?

Or something undefined

In the uneasy existence of the U.S. of A.

And around the world…?

FREEDOM…what does it mean in the here and now

When jobs thought secure have been farmed out overseas

When people on the borders bear arms

Because they feel so threatened

When the Sheeple of America

Wake up to find finally

That their American illusion

Of the American Dream

No longer exists…

That it has been eroded

And corroded for decades…

It started when our fathers and brothers

Lost their manufacturing jobs in the 80s

Now our personal information is

Processed, filed, converted overseas

By specially trained staffers

With anglosized names and accents

Who say they direct you to local locations

Mere blocks away…

It is a WTF moment in time

When you realize that

Globalization means

Colonization and control

For the peons of the world

No longer in marginalized countries

But in your own

Where the real color that counts

Is GREEN…and not eco-friendly

But Bank-friendly…

If I win the lotto this week

You will shake my hand

And be my best friend for

The next 20 years…

Then I am considered free…

20TEN is a defining year

Year of slavery it is

For those in debt

Those who work and find

That their parents’ American Dream

Has become their

American Nightmare.

So, what does

FREEDOM mean today?

Free to do what?

To live how you may?

Is it still true that hard work and education

Pay their way

As they once did?

It is a different world…

FREEDOM still exists…

But today

You have to pay for it…

In more ways than one.

Your poems are timely and onpoint. This would be an excellent spoken word poem.

much respect!

Sweething said:

Your poems are timely and onpoint. This would be an excellent spoken word poem.

much respect!

Thank you so much! I don't think my poetry is where it once was or where I want it to go, but if it touches some people--can't ask for more!