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Ashes and Freedom
Ashes to ashes
Freedom to freedom
In some circles - ashes
Represents death
Or at least the resulting end
The end of a burning cigarette
Ashes to ashes
Meaning - Ash from whence we came
Ash whereof we shall return
From the bowls of the Earth spews
Molten Lava only to rest
As volcanic ash and bedrock
Giving birth to new earth
Such was life given unto Earth
Freedom (Freedom to freedom)
Freedom - the most misunderstood
Misconceived concept - ever
To plague mankind
Often confused with free will
Freedom - sounds like
A kingdom of free thinkers
Freedom - in all truth
A concept
Freedom to bare arms
Freedom of speech
Freedom to enslave
Freedom to assassinate
Political hierarchy
So you see - freedom
An individualized conceptualization
Subject to interpretation
Freedom is choice
Subject to circumstance
A factor, which may or may not
Limit our choices - hence
Garnish our freedom
Freedom is responsibility
We are responsible for our Choices
We are responsible for our Freedom
We are responsible for our Ashes
Thought I'd drop by here because I was so diggin this piece and thought I'd tell ya again how much I love how you brought this piece full circle. I loved the many different pictures I got in my mind when reading it, all varied- I thought of lung cancer, and the death of it eventually, I thought of how ashes correlated from the cigarette to the grave, I thought of being responsible for fires, not leaving the campsite without cleaning up your litter, and checking the ashes for embers, I thought of hot lava burning everything in it's path, and I thought of the creation of life being likeunto a volcano exploding inside a woman, spewing seed, creating new life, ashes to ashes... All totally random images linked together... I loved the passage about freedom being oft confused with free will, very true... and basically I dig the whole piece, obviously.. :D