Bond Or Free Poem by Barbara Vanier

My smile never ending
It radiates from my being like rays of the sun
There is a reason for this
It is my beloved
My love is far from me
And yet is always within me
Away and yet near to me

Are you bond or free
Which do you understand
Only those in bondage understand freedom
Do the free understand slavery
Do you understand love

To know love is to know slavery
To understand love is to grasp true freedom
I will that I am always a slave and I am not ashamed of my bondage
I offer freedom it is mine to possess and give
My beloved feels the bondage of my soul
My love is ever free in her wanderings

Do you wish to be free
Then make your whole ambition to be a slave
Leave me in my cell lest I forget love
Bind my hands and feet
Let me not walk a step
Without knowledge of my bonds