Freedom

What is freedom?
maybe you can't understand it until it's taken away
we talk about freedom to choose
freedom to vote
freedom of speech
freedom of religion
but none of these freedoms mean anything if you don't practice them, appreciate them, value them

Freedom to drive a car
Freedom to have children
Freedom to walk in the sunshine

Do I even know the freedoms I have?
Freedom is intangible
you can't put a price tag on it,
but then how do you get it?
Can you earn it? buy it? deserve it? find it?
Or is it illusive like a shooting star, impossible to grasp, priceless.

Some freedom is inherent
it's a choice—to love, to believe,
Some freedom is personal
Some is political

We have no control over it,
or do we?
Someone has control over it, but who?
What freedom do you have?