POLITICAL Poem: Freedumb, by Aaron St Pierre

They preach of freedom, bold and loud,
but hypocrites form their crowd.
For a woman’s choice, her right to choose,
they take away, and her freedoms lose.

On love, they say it must conform,
deny the rights that break the norm.
They claim all freedoms should be free,
unless you’re queer, then you can’t be.

For voting rights, they draw the line,
they claim it’s fair, but check the signs;
new laws that limit, that make it tough,
for those they deem have had enough.

They cry for less restraint, less rule,
yet keep the laws on substance cruel.
No choice for those in need of care,
their health ignored, their rights laid bare.

With guns, they say it’s freedom’s call,
while violence rises, and spirits fall.
Public safety pushed aside,
as freedoms clash and lives divide.

For those who seek a safer land,
they shut them out with iron hand.
Freedom’s promised, but not for all,
for some, they raise a border wall.

So here we stand, their freedom’s lie,
a twisted truth they can’t deny.
For freedom’s not what they proclaim;
it’s chains they forge in freedom’s name