Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Freedom, William Stafford

 Freedom is not following a river.

Freedom is following a river

     though, if you want to.


It is deciding now by what happens now.

It is knowing that luck makes a difference.


No leader is free; no follower is free–

     the rest of us can often be free.

Most of the world are living by

creeds too odd, chancy, and habit-forming

     to be worth arguing about by reason.


If you are oppressed, wake up about

four in the morning; most places

you can usually be free some of the time

     if you wake up before other people.

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