Iva Hotko

Free But in Chains

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The thoughts would come,
easily and with despair
for freedom was a word 
that most of the world abused.

Free like a bird in a cage,
that was the overall feeling
these days.
It was like that for most of my life.

My sight was blinded 
by all the lies 
of how world needs to be,
and how I need to think.

We weren’t taught to question,
but to go with the flow.
No one taught us how to feel 
or deal with the world,
only to blindly follow the rules.

Freedom is the state of mind
for everywhere I look 
we are still in chains.
Why?

Freedom 
   comes 
      with 
         responsibility.

Most people choose slavery
over freedom every day
for they want to blame 
for this, that, and the other 
everyone else.

They know their rights
but refuse to take responsibility
for their actions.

Freedom is a choice
that comes with a price.
Everything in life is about 
the give and take balance.

But the society is teaching us
only to take,
for giving is for the weak.
Parents are teaching children
that nothing is their fault,
it’s the teachers who are unfair
for giving them bad grades.

Until we start taking responsibility
for everything we say and do
we are slaves to the society
that’s making us ignorant
towards the universe.

 

~ Iva