{"id":2214,"date":"2016-10-11T13:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2016-10-11T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T21:06:06","slug":"freedom-has-its-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Has Its Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freedom Has Its Price<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See the wild horses running free.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The eagle flies far above the trees.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The butterfly flirts here and there.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There is freedom everywhere.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

My heart is chained and nailed down.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I have no freedom to move around.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If I try to be free, I will not succeed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am caught in the spell you\u2019ve weaved.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Usually, lovers don\u2019t want to be free.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They are enjoying all they see.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In this case,—- it is a living hell.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am being smothered, I can tell.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There is no way out for me.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I will die in total misery.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You will never let me go.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am the star of your show.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Without you I am half a man.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

With you, I only do what I can.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m damned if I do and damned if I don\u2019t.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I feel like I should, but you know I won\u2019t<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

This is going to end in a bad way.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can see it coming this very day.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It will be nasty for both of us.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t just get on the bus.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But, my only way out is like no other.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can separate the light from the dark.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Despite saying we will never part.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Where I go you won\u2019t be able to follow.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am not talking about Sleepy Hollow.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It will all come as a shock to you.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, you will realize you have been a fool.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2016)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freedom Has Its Price\u00a0 See the wild horses running free. The eagle flies far above the trees. The butterfly flirts here and there. There is freedom everywhere. \u00a0 My heart is chained and nailed down. I have no freedom to move around. If I try to be free, I will not succeed. I am caught … Continue reading Freedom Has Its Price<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,29,2,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-romance","category-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2215,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions\/2215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}