Freedom - A Short Poem / Excerpt

I am free!

Free, to travel the world on the wings of your inspiration.
Free to be, free to feel.

Free to leave,
and free to make the choice to return, always.

Several months ago I published The Ring, my longest poem to date. Unsurprisingly, it went through quite a lot of editing. The above poem was originally part of that poem, but @authorofthings gave me the correct piece of advice, that it didn't seem to fit there.

I've saved it, because I felt it more than stands on its own. I spoke before of the urge, that I too suffer from, to keep adding words, when they are not really needed. This poem is short. But it is complete.

Also, The Ring definitely had me drawing inspiration from Rumi's work, and I feel it is most felt in this poem.

Check out my latest posts:

• A Handful of Haiku to Greet the Day - Five haiku, one of which is on love, and the other four follow the theme of a day.
• Steemitschool Poetry Class - Critique Thursday Class #8 - 10/05/18 - Recording and Notes

The image used for the video has been made by @d-pend for the challenge and is used with permission.

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