F.R.E.E.D.O.M

I Speak My Mind, Be It In Any Language I Like,

I Choose My Vocation, My Career, My Way of Life,

I Decide If I Want To Earn Money In Black Or White...

I Vote, Whether For Policies That Support My Beliefs Or

Because Of Promised Food To Fill An Empty Belly...

I Travel Anywhere I Like, Be It Here Or A Place Out of Sight,

My Religion Is The One That Feeds My Soul.

I Have The Freedom to Do As I Like,

For Democracy Has Given Me The Strength To Fight For My Own Rights...

But For All That I Have & All That Can Be Mine,

Am I Truly As Free As The Peace Loving Doves That Fly..

Evils Of Nepotism Or Organized Crimes, Of Poverty & Unemployment Alone Do Not Hinder True Independence in Life,

But Bigger Are The Sins of Anger, Greed, Obsession, Deceit & Hate,

The Stains Of Which, Once Absolved, Let Me Rise Like The Sun In New Dawning Light,

It Is Only Then, That I Can Call It Real Freedom,

Freedom of My Soul, Heart & Psyche ,

For It Is My Birth Right As Part of Mankind...

                                                                                            -Radhika Arora-