Freedom in February

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose

From the song “Me and Bobby McGee” written by F. Foster & K. Kristofferson and made famous as performed by Janis Joplin

Absence
not 
presence
is the
essence 
of
freedom
for body
and mind

Imprisonment
enslavement
control
the body
addictions
delusions
shackle
the mind
break free

Freedom lies
in the
middle path
between
excesses 
of yin
and yang
freedom to
just be

N.B. Why “in February”? The idea for these prompts, one for each month, came from a lovely post written by a writing friend of mine, Marquessa. I have added the “in” and month to differentiate them from any other posts I might write on a similar subject. This will also constitute a chapter in my forthcoming book “Yin Yang Today”.

23Mar23: Thank you to Spillwords for publishing my poem, click here

Links:

• Featured image from shackles-4865278 by Victoria_Watercolor from Pixabay 
• You can also see Marquessa’s home page by clicking here.