What, Then, Is Freedom?

by Mike Turner / October 20th, 2024

What, then, is “freedom”
But, “individual determinism”?
The right of each to decide how we live our lives
Whom we love
What faith we follow
How we answer the challenges existence puts to us
Thus, what, then, is “freedom”
But, “choice”
Mike Turner, a poet/songwriter living on the U.S. Gulf Coast, was named 2025 Poet of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Dissident Voice; his lyric, “Sense of Peace,” was awarded the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative’s 2023 Roger Williams Peace Award for Writing. He can be contacted at www.MikeTurnerSongwriter.com. Read other articles by Mike.

This article was posted on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.