9/11 The Day After
or
Freedom is Like a Flower
Pictures were taken at Alcatraz on 9/11/2012
Words were written 9/12/2012 after I heard about the tragedy in Libya
Freedom is like a flower
growing in a prison wall,
Watching fear of that which is different,
timelessly fall.
Making room for the blossoming beauty
that freedom brings to all.
Spread the seeds far and wide
then watch ignorance fall.
Oh beautiful for spacious skies,
these words we hear today
The walls of ignorance must fall, the beauty that freedom brings,
like the flower in a wall must stay
Keep this thought and nourish it,
make it a resounding call.
Freedom is like a beautiful, fragile flower
growing in a prison wall.
