Jiyu

Freedom is costly

As is peace

Actually anything worth having

Is astronomically steep

It may cost you your peace and the life you once knew

Will you watch and sit idle by

As the final shards of freedom are being stripped purposely and slowly away?

The banner is shredding

It’s flapping limply in the sky

The question is not if freedom is worth having

But rather what are you prepared to lose or sacrifice to obtain it?

What will you do to get it back?

If you’re ok with comfort and following the crowd en masse

This poem isn’t for you, no thanks

But what will you tell your children and grandchildren and their children?

What will your story be? Where will you stand in history?

This fight isn’t for you, silly

It’s for those whom you love and care about deeply

The ones who you’ll be willing to risk it all for

Time and time again

Continually

Do it

Do it for them

And for those who are already in the fray

Pull up your bootstraps

And press on, press on

Keep the goal in sight

Fight for freedom, keep going to the end

And your epitaph someday will boldly tell

You never wavered but endured

And gave your all to the very end

Written by: Carla L. Ibanzo

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