Butterfly poetry collection
Freedom and Restriction: Poetic Limits
A varied collection of poems gathered around this subject, with space for different voices, images, and moods.
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Comparisons
Wings and Chains:
Freedom is wings, soaring high,
Restriction chains, bound to sigh.
One flies with unbounded grace,
The other limits, a confined space.
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Open and Closed:
Freedom open, vast and wide,
Restriction closed, where dreams hide.
One explores with an endless quest,
The other halts, no rest.
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Roam and Confine:
Freedom roams, no end in sight,
Restriction confines, day and night.
One embraces, an open hand,
The other holds, a tightening band.
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Liberation and Confinement:
Freedom is liberation, soaring flight,
Restriction confinement, binding night.
One dances with the winds so high,
The other languishes, a confined sigh.
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Emancipation and Constraint:
Freedom is emancipation, boundless and free,
Restriction constraint, a held plea.
One explores with joyous stride,
The other endures, where dreams hide.
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Bound and Free:
Freedom, like the open sky,
Restriction, where the limits lie.
Freedom, wings that soar so high,
Restriction, where we question why.
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Freedom sings of boundless dreams,
Restriction, where the challenge seems.
Both together, shape our flight,
In their balance, day and night.
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