February 15, 2008...10:32 pm
Theme of the Week: Freedom
I close my eyes, waiting for that sound to disappeared… The cries of that bird, wanting to be freed from the hunter’s cage. I close my eyes, trying to block all my senses. Darkness in front of me, but then even when I open them, darkness is all I see. Ignoring his cries, I make my way into the forest. He told me to go and catch some more, which I am doing. I can see those tears of a loved one being gone, but I don’t want to feel that pain…
I close my eyes, wishing to relieve them of the pain. Here, now and then, I see those blank eyes staring at me. Behind those bars where light doesn’t reach, freedom is all they seek. They have the food, they have shelter but not every need is needed. The smell of that thin air is here; what is actually keeping them alive… but the scent of freedom is so far away…
But then… how are we different from the little birds in their cages. Bound by those chains of Fate we are. Day by day, we try to go a little further, but that is till where they let us. The music of chains makes itself heard as we, mere mortals think of freedom. The dream without cuffs in our hands seems so far… It is… for we are not what we think we are. We do not rule what we think we do. We do not even think what we think we are.
We are not masters of our own life. An illusion. That’s what it is. Yeah. An illusion. Bound by rules, bound by individuals, bound by society, we want to be accepted, but we want freedom. We want to act per our own will but we live as per theirs. A single mistake and it’s everything that goes wrong. The balance of good and evil, what is good ans what is evil… even that we don’t have the right to choose… Everything is predetermined… We have to live as per their will…
In the end… We are free only in the prison of life…
6 Comments
February 15, 2008 at 10:37 pm
free ? are we ? or slave somewhere ? am sure slave somewhere
February 16, 2008 at 7:51 am
yeah we always strive for absolute freedom but then that’s never possible! aargh!
February 16, 2008 at 9:28 am
Wow, what a wonderful piece of writing and philosophy. Funny, tomorrows photo hunt theme is “Free”. I love how you say, “we are only free in the prison of life…”
February 16, 2008 at 9:53 am
I got to say, that’s one inspirational post
I love the way you presented that philosophical aspect of freedom! Keep up the good writing and hope to read some more wonderful writings ^^ Take care!
February 16, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Très joliment écrit.
February 16, 2008 at 10:20 pm
there are 2 ways of looking at it…you can say that we are bound by some rules of life and there is fate that we believe in…are we governed restricted by that…are we mere puppets?
then there is another side of it….in which…we are kings of our own lives…do what you want….and no one says anything…you can kill yourself whenever you want….now thats a freedom to do anything you want…
you had the freedom to write this post didnt u?
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