I.Am.Free Poem by Lindy Jean Kleinhans

By LJK

I am free
I haven't been free since I was twenty three
I am free
Today I've been returned to ME.

I am free
A burden off my shoulders
My future, of solace and gratitude
For the lessons I've learnt at high altitude

But it all comes with a price
It's never as simple as that
My destiny is still unfolding
A soldier in combat beholding

The end of a battle
unknowingly fought
Until you've awakened
To pitiful thought

I am free
What does that mean to me
It's everything, everywhere, all at once
It seem I am no longer the dunce

The time that I've wasted I cannot make up
But that is the call of the great 'wake up'
I refused to be molded, to be put in a box
That is my strength, my new building blocks

I am free
Just to be me
To be loved in my entirety
With respect, acknowledgment and sincerity
With duality, humility, unquestionable dexterity.
Reciprocity is such a rarity.

I am free to start over.
Oh! what a second chance
To not be coerced or controlled
To my own tune I dance

I am free
To grow in love. To love myself. To plant my seeds, to watch them grow. To fulfill my dreams, to have someone cheering me on and be there every step of the way and in my path. To have companionship in truth, and much much more. For I know now what I don't want and what I adore
I am free.
25 April 2024