Butterfly poetry collection
Freedom and Captivity: Verses of Liberation and Restraint
A varied collection of poems gathered around this subject, with space for different voices, images, and moods.
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Wings and Bars:
Freedom is wings, soaring high,
Captivity bars, enclosing the sky.
One flies with no restraint,
The other's freedom faint.
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Open and Locked:
Freedom opens, vast and wide,
Captivity locks, keeping inside.
One roams where it will,
The other is held still.
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Roam and Confine:
Freedom roams, no end in sight,
Captivity confines, a bitter plight.
One is endless in its quest,
The other restricts, no rest.
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Liberation and Restraint:
Freedom is liberation, a soaring flight,
Captivity is restraint, a binding night.
One dances with the winds so high,
The other languishes, a confined sigh.
Together they define life's quest,
Seeking liberty, from constraints pressed.
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Emancipation and Bondage:
Freedom is emancipation, boundless and free,
Captivity is bondage, a held plea.
One explores with a joyous stride,
The other endures, where dreams hide.
In their tension, strength is tried,
The will to break and soar outside.
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Wings and Chains:
Freedom, like an eagle's flight,
Captivity, the darkest night.
Freedom sings with joyous sound,
Captivity, where hope is bound.
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Freedom's wind beneath our wings,
Captivity's silent, stinging strings.
In their contrast, we define,
What it means to be divine.
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