There are no bars,
There are no locks.
Yet, we are prisoners of our minds.
There are shackles that we have in life,
Some that we see and others we do not see.
Life has its easy times and its difficult ones.
All of life is steeped in history and mystery.
There are chains of steel,
Chains of iron and gold.
We can break some chains and others we cannot.
Yet, we know that we can always be free.
Still, our minds keep those shackles in place.
Is there more freedom in outer space?
We need to release our feelings of anger,
To our guilt, we never feel a stranger.
Like wisps of smoke, our chains will disappear.
We need to believe that nothing can hold us in life.
Our spirits are like the magic of Harry Houdini.
We can be so much more than we are meant to be.
Our lives can be lived like legends and myths.
A life well lived is the greatest gift.
There is nothing more important than being free.
That is our human goal, vision, and destiny.