I wrote these musings last year for a prompt on shared freedom. My take is maybe a diversion, but in the end I think being free is about having choice. Being really free on an inner level is about choosing what is right, not easy. Share and be free! ✊
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I wrote this poem a couple of years ago in solidarity with immigrants everywhere. I am Danish but have made Scotland my home. Not everyone is welcomed by all. But we are all earth inhabitants. 🌍

©️ Saraphir Camille Legind

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The Levellers, 1649.

(Tea towel design, source unknown)

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In hues that dance along the cheek,
A rainbow speaks when words are weak,
Each stripe unveils a hidden tale,
A soul once silenced lifts its veil...
https://medium.com/prismnpen/these-colors-run-true-poetry-4d42d928cd03?sk=6d51592882a2ac06526560765e386ef0

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These Colors Run True (Poetry)

This is how my pride survives the storm.

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Military on parade,
all for me he said
and the crowd cheered.

Hurrah Hurrah!
All hail the king, ...
https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-parade-and-the-non-king-5d9f281c8731

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A Parade and the Non-King - Prism & Pen - Medium

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This is “20 January 2025”. I must be in my glow cloud era artistically, I guess 🤣 -Allēna

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Turning around,
We feel like we’re falling apart;
Turning around,
Sinking in the vortex, we drown,
Twisting, reeling, lost in the dark,
Over and over, we restart;
Turning around...
https://buff.ly/ZR0myL5

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A Widening Spiral — a poem of progress - Esther Spurrill-Jones - Medium

Inspired by the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” written by Jim Steinman and sung by Bonnie Tyler, by the poem “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats, and by the article We Spend a Lot of Time…

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What Signs Couldn’t Say

We didn’t come with much to prove —
no megaphone, no practiced line.
Just hearts that needed space to move,
and silence aching for a sign...
https://buff.ly/FbixaDp

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When Silence Marches Too (Poetry) - Prism & Pen - Medium

On April 5, 2025, my husband and I joined thousands of others at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington, for the Hands Off Rally — a protest for bodily autonomy, for the right to exist freely…

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There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

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I’m Not Going Back - Prism & Pen - Medium

There’s nothing there for me I’ve explored and found it lacking The constant peace of mind And the occasional euphoria That evaded me in the past I’m not going back It took nearly 70 years To exhaust…

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Do you remember the night I told you
That my best friend could fly?
He had been so tired that day
And he told me to stay
On the phone because he had something to say...
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You Can’t Pray the Gay Away — a poem - Prism & Pen - Medium

Do you remember the night I told you That my best friend could fly? He had been so tired that day And he told me to stay On the phone because he had something to say About how he’d had enough About…

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