Is It?

Is it the right of every man

To consider himself free

Oppressions eased by justice

No need for locks or keys

Freedom is not always physical

Interred within a cell

Expression of strong ideologies

Or of notions strongly held

If I am religious

Or politicised by my life

Agnostic and secular

Underfoot, downtrodden

The victim hung by strife

Am I due true liberty

From those whom I count as foe

Should I expect to live in peace

Tyrants overthrown

Or must I simply take it

Accepting that this my all

Escape an impossibility

Until my cards are thrown

If I were imprisoned

Having committed heinous crimes

I'd get what I deserve to get

Judged by what I am

Is it acceptable?

In this our only world

That we are unable to help those

We witness in distress

Imprisoned with impunity

Punished by duress

AGL