Freedom Poem by Hamzat Mariam

It's a word have heard,
It's a common language,
Its a seven letters word,
Its a big word!

Today, I recounted the songs
That have been dedicated to this word.
Every artists I love used it.
Many want it.
Some claim it.

To think I haven't been in shackles,
To believe I haven't been in chains,
Neither have I been locked up.
Am bottled up in a box.
If that's a possible world.

The roll and rumble,
Are now mine to control.
The beats and pieces,
All mine to choose.

Freedom is at hand,
Not too far away,
Have had a taste of it,
And am never letting go again.