POETRY

Freedom of Thought

Prompt

You are free to think the moon is made of blue cheese, but don’t tell me I have to think that way, for I will laugh and ask why.

You are free to think however you choose, That’s the beauty of freedom.

You can choose.

For yourself.

But,

you cannot choose for me,

You cannot think for me, nor bully me into thinking your way is the only way,

or silence me with your weapon of choice in the guise of freedom of thought.

You also might think the world revolves around you, but sadly, no.

The Earth orbits around the sun and we inhabit this spinning marble as our mutual home.

The world does not revolve around you, it is ours to protect and nurture, to enrich with our diversity, not to destroy with plain vanilla bland uniformity.

You are free to think however you choose, for your thoughts shape your beliefs which sharpen your choices that direct your life.

As I am free to think and choose and shape mine.

But you are not free to silence or shame me, to harm with your misguided belief that freedom of thought equates contempt for who I am.

And at the close of day, you can gaze at the moon made of blue cheese, free to think however you choose, but never free to harm.

Hinduism: “Let noble thoughts come to us from all sides.” (Rig Veda)

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