Dancing Free

Dancing Free

Go fly free
Go dance with glee
Glee on loan
Glee can be sold
Sold to gold
Sold to duty
Duty is dull
Duty gets old
Old slows down
Old weighs down
Down to to Earth
Down to work
Work feels stuffy
Work must be done
Done with burdens
Done with pretense
Pretense is tiring
Pretense should be shed
Shed your inhibitions
Shed your burden
Burden that restricts
Burden that prevents
Prevent the weight
Prevent the chains
Chain your answerablility
Chain your trepidation
Trepiditation is tiresome
Trepidition gives no answer
Answer your dreams
Answer the call
Call out to your wants
Call out to your desire
Desire more
Desire the world
World at your feet
World unexplored
Unexplored longing
Unexplored intrests
Interest youself in something new
Interest yourself in something fun
Fun is waiting to be had
Fun is around every bend
Bend the rules
Bend and twist through life
Life is waiting
Life is watching
Watching for you to embrace it
Watching for a chance to dance
Dance through the highs and lows
Dance to the tunes of liberty

    This poem was inspired by our talk in class about the boundries of freedom and how far you can go with it. It is very appealing to think about leaving everything and everyone behind but I think this freedom can be found in our regular life too, you just have to look for it, the happiness and the liberty. I think that you do not have to go as far as Chris but you can still have your own life, answerable only to yourself. The poem expresses the urge to go out and be happy, live freely, and enjoy yourself!

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Choices 

This poem was inspired by the found poems that we talked about in class today! I love the idea, find it fasicinating, creating a completely new meaning from what the author meant. I think the idea is the most limitless constraint because so much can be done with it yet it is just the words on one page.

I picked these specific words for my poem because although I respect Chris for his desicion to experience the wild and take a break I think he went into it too foolishly and hastily. If he would have kept his savings at least he would have something to fall back on, perhaps he did not realize that even Jack London made a hefty profit from all his books about the wild and lived comfortably. The real world after all is harsh and I feel it is necessary to have finacial security. Perhaps had he had made a more wise desicion he might still be living.