Is Freedom Elusive? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Equal distribution is not freedom.
Equality in wants and aptitude
Cannot be achieved to ensure freedom.
Prisoners, of course, enjoy equality.

Equal rights can form a base of freedom.
Equal opportunities can follow.
To achieve this, must come one unequal,
With rights and privilege accumulated.

Dictatorships are outcome of equality.
A few remain free, with others in shackles.
Inequality can bring anarchy
And will ask dictatorship to step in.

Freedom is being free to be what I'm;
Freedom is being free to choose my way.
Freedom is being free to will no harm.
A society, not a herd, can bring freedom.
15.08.2016