What Price Freedom? (poem) by E D Phillips on AuthorsDen

What Price Freedom?
by E D Phillips → (All Poetry by E D Phillips)
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Rated "G" by the Author.

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[Image of a father and daughter who dared to swim the Rio Grande river for a taste of freedom] What Price Freedom? To all who would seek to know About the price of freedom You are speaking to the wrong person I am a veteran of war But I am alive I have a daughter Who lives and loves life We cherish our friends and neighbors But we can all sing laugh dance and Find our own way. We have the privilege of paying taxes For the common good Of attending schools and churches If we choose To teach to learn and to Draw from the wisdom of each other If we may. But we are not the true heroes in this life That honor is reserved for the few Who dare to risk something Above and beyond the call— They do what others only talk about They confront beyond their safety They walk where angels fear to tread They pay without a care For the cost. Whether separated by a wall Or by a river By a jail sentence Or by the gates of hell... They alone know about the true price of freedom-- It’s in the sacrifice.
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Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on July 1, 2019

Thank you, Edward. You have allowed me to see past the loss of life for a passion so strong that it stops at nothing.........thank you for your service!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Patricia Hilliard

Reviewed on June 30, 2019

Sad times these are. We all need to do what we can to correct much that has gone wrong over the past few years.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on June 28, 2019

A poem with a powerful message. It is so easy to think of young warriors as those who have secured the freedom that we have today. But, although freedom is often maintained by crushing the evil that creeps into us that restricts our freedom by power and oppression, I would include all those who spend their lives protesting inequities thought to be part of normal living but actually restricting others' freedom. Those people who protest against all odds know the true price of their sacrifice as well.

Thank you for your service. Not as a soldier, but as a steadfast presenter of the statistical truth of wealth inequality in our society.

Ron

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on June 26, 2019

You captured what it is to be alone. So do I, my friend. I've walked many roads during my lifetime, and being alone, even surrounded by many people, is not something you can actually relate to, unless you have walked that walk.

Reviewed by Michael Schafer

Powerful, and an honest assessment of the truth to few of us acknowledge. Thank you.