All of us are born free,
They would like us to believe,
But as soon as we’d hear and see,
They send our freedom on leave.
The first to make us enslaved,
Is memory with which we are born,
Generations of data is engraved,
Love, Fear, Amity, Jealousy and Scorn.
Then we have our parents,
With own and embedded ideas in mind,
They think they’re God’s only agents,
To teach us things of every kind.
Good and Bad is thus imprinted,
With each of their instructions,
You do exactly how they hinted,
Or gave you specific directions.
Already a puppet, you go to school,
To lose more freedom to knowledge of past,
They control you by the Book of the Rule,
And you thought you’d become an iconoclast.
And then you find a job with salary,
Your being bonded is now complete;
Your boss, at your expense, plays to gallery,
And you realise what poison is another man’s meat.
And if there is still some freedom left,
It is time for you to tie the nuptial knot;
You are finally, of all independence, bereft,
That, on being born, you had, from God, got.
And I haven’t talked about fads and habits,
That imprison you in their tight grip.
You hop from one to other like rabbits,
As if you are on a controlled trip.
The society and government keep you on leash,
Not ever wanting you to fall off the line,
There is no way you can carve an independent niche,
Unless you suddenly get powers divine.
Of particular mention is the bureaucracy,
That controls you from birth to death certificate.
It doesn’t matter if you live in democracy,
Rules and regulations make you suffocate.
There is, thus, only one way to redeem your freedom,
It is to happily embrace the messenger of Death;
And get back to Heaven’s Kingdom,
On Earth you are enslaved to your last breath.
You said it Ravi – Nothing comes for free!!!!!!
John, Swami Vivekananda said that to exercise Free Will one has to get out of the confines of the universe. We must accept this reality and try to make amends.
One of the best poem on humans’ freedom . A person os born free, but when he born , same times millions of chains begin advancing to chain him completely.
This one is excellent techanically . Not a negative poem . How come it can be termed a negative poem ? Humans’ once enjoyed absolute freedom . He was born free and lived free . But today , even his birth is also not free . It is either planned or programmed . Entire his lif millions of chains keep advancing towars him to clamp his freedom . The poem above , says lot of and very beautiful . Exquiste work Ravinder PS Ravi Sir . दिल खुश हो गया ।
Exquisite poem on Human Freedom. Once humans enjoyed absolute freedom . But today even birth is controlled , planned or programmed. During entire life millions of chains keep advancing towards him to clamp his freedom . Not at all this is a negative one . It highlghts the concerns of human freedom and is even more than a positive poem . Sound very accurate in techanalties . Superb efforts Commodore Ravi Sir . Enjoyed……
You got the gist of it very well Jaswant. Thank you
Thank you, Jaswant. Our scriptures are right. We need to be free of these chains to the extent we can. First thing is to be free of biases. Then to be free of useless longings. Then of ego and desires. And then we shall be closer to paramatma that resides within us.
Thank you