Freedom in crisis
by Thomas Provençal
It used to be our privacy
was a big preoccupation,
when government said it had no place
in the bedrooms of the nation.
Now we live confused and swamped
in this age of information
where individuality
wrestles abdication.
As crises sweeps humanity
we are free to choose,
within confines of culture,
which human rights to lose.
When our elected leaders
create a fascist norm
we’re conned, coerced and coddled
and convinced we must conform.
Yet, the freedom of an eagle
as it soars above the heap
is an experience of passion,
unimagined by the sheep.
