What is freedom without choice
When they keep suppressing the majority's voice?
What is freedom when you choose
To be blind, to be a mere slave
Tolerating tyranny, a silenced voice in the dark-
Liberty was not just blind-folded
The oppressed were even forced not to speak
Even if the truth should be heard
In the four corners of our Motherland.
A silenced voice with hatred echoing within this madness-
Sign of the times- the guilty are set free
While the innocent and honest are held captive-
Silenced voice, pleading, eyes bearing sadness
Soul shouting to the innermost well of an ailing humanity
Denied precious freedom, when will be the dawning of a new day?
Raging light, fighting demons into the night,
Do not be silenced, do not give in to fright.
Author/Poet Elizabeth Esguerra
Philippines
