<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 42px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Freedom</span><div dir="ltr"><div>by Anil Kumar Panda</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">I can't barter my freedom<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Take away the riches with you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Don't display your dollars and pounds<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">To my countrymen who need freedom too<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">You can't cut my tongue short<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">It flexes swift and slip your hand<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Winds of freedom would blow one day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Your vile attempts can't change the trend<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I dream of my countrymen<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Walking down the streets feeling proud<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">The pangs of hunger and poverty<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Is packed and burnt in freedoms shroud<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I dream of little children<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">With glowing faces and charming smiles<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Rushing to schools in groups<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dressed in colours with impeccable styles<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I dream of the girl child<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Eyes bright with vision unbound<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">She has a dream of a world<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Where hate and racism can't be found<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">She would charm all<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">With her beauty and sharp mind<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I dream of her flying high<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">In all the fields leaving the men far behind<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">There would be freedom<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">To speak, to write, to work and to sing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">No one would die of hunger<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Peace and harmony every dawn would bring.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>