Freedom's Fancy Poem by Greg Gaul

Good leaders cannot agree about world order
Yet many believe freedom is indivisible
Privileged tolerance then shall foil fool's fancy

If freedom is intrinsic in the human race
Will we agree it is a right for everyone
Are all fated for forever to find freedom

Why do some seem more worthy than distant others
Are we not basically best brothers and sisters
Seeing the future of our species all be free

While we all are dependent islands for freedom
We are still surely part of the main, just the same
Where are the wise who will make courageous comment

The battleground of the collective over self
Bloody wars have been blindly waged for eons
Solemn, silent gifts from the divine unanswered

The best citizens are citizens of the world
Is it true everyone shall think this way someday
Better angels can change nationalist egos








Free Verse 18 Lines
Attributions to:
Abe Lincoln, 'Better Angels',1st Inaugural Speech
John Donne, 'part of the main', No Man Is An Island
J F Kennedy, 'freedom is indivisible', Berlin Speech 1963
Rapper Chuck D, 'the best American citizen is the citizen of the world',
World Citizenship: the individual and international governance

Copyright © Greg Gaul | Year Posted 2021