I Spoke to Liberty
    by Rani Turton


I spoke to liberty and liberty spoke to me
Asking softly, Do you really want to be free?

I murmured to melancholy and melancholy said
Why do all these thoughts go through your head?

I asked for grace and grace touched my life
Saying, Quiet for now. Forget all your strife.

Then I walked on alone. Touched to the bone.
The anger and the pain, washed by the rain
Dissolved as I wept.

Then, fortunately I slept.

I spoke to liberty and liberty spoke to me
Asking softly, Do you really want to be free?