Freedom Is Written In Stars And Moon

Freedom Is Written In Stars And Moon

He laughs;
   when he does, his face opens
      his eyes beam like moon and stars

In the silence of his voice
   no words exist
      but the soft hum of an almost
         forgotten song

In the enclosed world
   of his room
      he opens up a huge universe
         he creates with letters
            found in his new life
               forming images that
                  did not exist before

In the physical restraints
   his freedom grows
      for true freedom lives inside
         nowhere else
            nothing free exists in his world
               except inner freedom

Not ever was anyone capable
   of taking that away
      and no one ever will
         be able to

He laughs in the knowledge
   that his freedom is written
      in stars
         and moon. 

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March 10, 2017
Copyright © Darren White