We like ourselves better grabbed by the throat,
so we are letting go of freedom
the same freedom that unsheathed
swords to keep our shores safe
the same freedom that ignited
two people power revolutions
the same freedom that people
now have gotten tired of
the same freedom we now say,
we have too much of
what an incredibly stupid notion
for us to have
the problem is not freedom
the problem is not democracy
the problem is us
because we don’t know what to do with freedom.
Vincelle Yasa is a heap of flesh and bones born and raised in the Orient. You can find her treading along pages or breathing in sunsets or unearthing magic in everyday traffic. High five her when you see her, she doesn’t bite.
