Freedom!

John Zylstra

Freedom!
The heart cry of a world.
which twists and writhes in helpless anger,
for freedom’s out of reach!

A call to arms!
The spoilers, the corrupters,
the systems that enslave our kids
must be cast out forever.

The world explodes -
and in the name of ‘freedom’
man’s inhumanity to man
is unleashed in wild orgies.
Revenge! Give our oppressors their deserts,
let them taste blood and terror,
we have the right!
We have survived
the ‘pleasures’ of their justice!

Revenge!
All in the name of justice.
The ‘payback’ cycle rolls along,
and still the children suffer.

Freedom!
Freedom to cast off boundaries.
Freedom and power to indulge
in all that takes our fancies.

And children cry
and stare in consternation
at their new freedom to indulge,
the total lack of guidance.
Let’s rage! Why not cast off restraint
and revel in our passions?
We’re on our own,
we must decide
our values – and life’s meaning.

Roll on!
Man’s twisted goal of freedom!
A life without a guiding hand,
drug dimmed, and without purpose.

But “I consider that
our present share of sufferings
cannot begin ev’n to compare
with the sheer joy of glory
for which creation waits with awe
and eager expectation.
God’s sons, renewed,
the start of life’s new story.”*
 

*Romans 8:18-21 Paraphrased.
 

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