Freedom (noun)

freedom

noun

the power to do as you wish,
to love who you love,
to be you.

to speak,
write,
read.

to not be brought down
by shackles of self-doubt
and longing to see an open blue sky.

to be free
free of anything and anyone
who traps you down

to not have to hold onto the grass
to stop yourself from drifting up
into the darkness of being controlled

to wave a ripped, tattered flag
and still know
that you are free.