Freedom to Walk

Although I am free to walk pretty much wherever I want, this afternoon, I take my usual route. The sun is shining, the horses grazing, and the grass growing tall, waving in the breeze. I think about places I have never been and, hopefully, will never go, where freedom has a high price, and I am thankful that I can say what is on my mind and write from the heart.

a wildflower blooms
amidst the chaos of life –
that’s liberation

Kim M. Russell, 19th June 2023

It’s Haibun Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub, where Frank is hosting, and we’re celebrating and writing about liberation.

He reminds us that liberation ‘is the process of delivering freedom… often long overdue, and in many tragic cases, not even close to being accomplished… Recovering addicts understand liberation. The spiritually desolate or meaning-deprived also understand liberation.’

He has also shared haibun written on the topic of liberation to inspire us to write haibun that allude to liberation and consist of one to a few paragraphs of prose—usually written in the present tense—that evoke an experience, often non-fictional/autobiographical. They may be preceded or followed by one or more haiku—nature-based, using a seasonal image—that complement without directly repeating what the prose stated.

27 thoughts on “Freedom to Walk”

    1. Thank you, Lisa. I took them on yesterday afternoon’s walk, when it was very bright and sunny. This morning is overcast, but I’m hoping the sun will break through by lunchtime.

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    1. I love where I love, Kerfe. I’m not only thankful for that simple pleasure but also the fact that I live in a country where I’m able to walk wherever I want, safely.

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    1. It is indeed a privilege, Dawn, and I often think what life would have been like without it. Having lived in Europe for a number of years before returning to the UK via Ireland, I have learnt quite a bit about liberation from fascism and colonialism. That rose is growing wild not far from where I live. I was tempted to take a cutting, but decided not to. 🙂

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      1. I imagine living in those countries gave a first hand of those expressions of oppression and injustice. If only we can learn to love each other caste after all we are of one race—the human race.

        You’re blessed to have such beauty in nature close by you. It’s really a gorgeous flower.

        Have a great rest of the day …😊

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