Born in
the land of the free
and I’m
still working to get there
gonna be
working forever unless I catch a break
have to
guard against my government
exploiting
fears to grab up liberties
while
the President grabs whatever he pleases
Willed
over so many freedoms
in the
name of a small god that promised
my submissions
would fulfill me but
he just
left me on my knees
wondering
what I wasn’t doing right
So now I
am digging in the dirt
of my
mind, pulling out the weeds
of
others’ authority choking out my own
learning
to author my own story
for the
very first time
‘None
free til we’re all free’
the
freedom fighters say
and I
wholeheartedly agree
as I
make an offering of the keys
I am
finding buried at the roots
of all the lies that have
been robbing me
