Team Ahimsa Blog Relay, Various Contests

What does it mean, the freedom to write?
Does it mean the mind is free
The heart has no cares
The soul yearns to share?

What does it mean, the freedom to write?
Does it mean there is no censorship
Nobody banning books
No authors imprisoned for their words?

What does it mean, the freedom to write?
Does it mean a private space,
Some time to yourself, to ponder and pen
Does it mean your family respecting your silence?

What does it mean, the freedom to write?
Does it mean all this, and more?
Writers can move mountains, change history
Writers are powerful, whether bound or free ...

What does it mean, the freedom to write?
It should include the freedom to read
To understand to empathize, to reach out
The freedom to be human, with other human beings.