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The Price of Freedom by ~something44:iconsomething44:

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Wounds run deep
            impaling through my skin,
crawling—
            As I gasp, catch a breath
                        while the stench of death
            rings the air
coldly. Where I pushed myself
            harder, with every inch of my body
                        heaving towards the ground
feeling, the rancid smell of sweat
            running through my skin, deep
                        while scars pierce through
            as I roam free, in
peril thought of losing
            an ounce of blood
                        dripping beneath
            my tormented eyes
seeing, staring at a glimmer
            of hope shining down
                         where I force myself
to crawl—
             into the night’s momentary bliss.
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Do you know what it means to be free?

”The struggle for freedom is a harsh reality for those who have none”
- something44

This poem was inspired from the ending of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. I won’t spoil the details but I guess every FFVII fan should know what happened to Cloud and Zack when they were on the run.

There is always a price for freedom, people just think about it. In the past colonies fought for their freedom against their colonial masters. States uphold their sovereignty to maintain their independence and prevent foreign intervention in their internal affairs. Human rights advocates have also pointed out the importance of freedom. Everybody has the right to liberty, the right to be free and live their own lives. Freedom, in a liberal point of view (particularly social liberalism), is the ultimate goal of the individual. To uphold freedom is to lose something in return. Freedom is not given to us freely, we have to struggle… to earn the right to be free.
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~bbelill:iconbbelill: Apr 29, 2008, 8:46:13 AM
it has been awhile since we have heard from you. but the wait was worth it for this poem. great job

--
Ceade mile failte

Come away! O, human child!
To the woods and waters wild,
With a fairy hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than
you can understand-W.B. Yeats :icongeekflirt:
~Effamay:iconEffamay: Apr 29, 2008, 10:56:54 AM
the repitition of 'crawl' had a pretty huge impact, especially given that the usage was so close to the begining and so close to the end - but far from each other.

I like this alot - and Final Fantasy! wow. :)

--
Dum spiro spero.
~leonlinnea:iconleonlinnea: Apr 29, 2008, 1:20:23 PM
Your words are true with how we have to gain our freedom, it is almost sad but it makes that feeling of being free even more glorious. Otherwise I'm rather speechless with this piece, it simply wowwed me.
~something44:iconsomething44: Apr 30, 2008, 4:43:20 AM
Thanks! Yeah, I've been very busy lately.

--
Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.
~something44:iconsomething44: Apr 30, 2008, 4:43:39 AM
Thank you! Yeah, I'm such a FF fanboy. LOL! XD

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Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.
~something44:iconsomething44: Apr 30, 2008, 4:45:02 AM
Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, freedom is a struggle for me.

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Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.
~leonlinnea:iconleonlinnea: Apr 30, 2008, 1:58:18 PM
It may even be a struggle for as all no matter what status in society we hold.
~Naminemidnight:iconNaminemidnight: May 1, 2008, 2:55:29 AM
I haven't got FFVII: Crisis Core yet and won't until June 20th.
~Naminemidnight:iconNaminemidnight: May 2, 2008, 8:19:51 AM
But I love it either way:)
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