Breathe Clean Air

We've made ourselves comfortable

In our perverse standards.

Now it's scary to imagine

being able to do whatever you want,

no one telling you

what they think is best

Acting like they know you

More intimately then you know yourself.

It's safe to say chains and locks are key in holding people back

Making sure they stay in line

Do as there told

Kept quiet

And peaceful

And docile.

Similarly you can say

Words and looks hold people in the same way.

Perhaps even more effectively

For encouragement,

after a beat of too long silence

Is the best way to make them rethink

Freedom.