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Rules of Freedom
Complicate my life if you wish
It won't keep me from my path
Continuing on peacefully
As I sing and dance and laugh.
Your rules will not defeat me
Damn you and your control
Stake claims upon my body
But you'll never take my soul.
The hamster wheel of life rolls on
Don't get caught in the spin
Deny the truth inside you
And the lies will all flood in.
The system wants to break you
And make you walk in line
Dictating the terms of freedom
With the illusion of time
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by Tom Mcmurray
I am beggar
I am thief
I am Eve
Buried in belief
I am leader
I am breeder
I am Adam
Narcissistic feeder
I lie inside the doorway
Unable
He opens his eyes
once again to harsh sunlight
another day in these dreary surroundings
he dresses after the usual
tasteless
A Yearning
Even small as a sparrow
would I be,
if I could fly above the world,
soaring free.
No more than a ripple
would I be,
if
~~ To Fly Away ~~
To fly away and feel free
Only to fly - flying only me
How it would feel -only to love
To fly - soaring like
Freedom shall forever rest,
upon the shoulders of those who
unfailingly meet the test,
and with the gift of a year or two
spent
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