The Free Word

The free word

that you lock up

that you want to exterminate

is much mightier than you can imagine.

Because there is a sense in it,

in contrast to you,

solely by its existence,

thought, spoken, written, saved,

independent from philosophical meaning

but important to individual interpretation and psyche.

The free word is creative,

but you are destructive!

Your egoisms, your egomaniacs can be established only

by empty phrases and by repeating parrot-fashion

the outpourings of your narcissistic dreams,

absolutely senseless

and slapping the public welfare right on the face.

But you are the beaten,

as the free word, of course, captures naturally much more

that you, word-breakers and desecrators of speech,

stand facing naked and dirty and transiently.

However, the free word, once released into the world,

is living on,

no tyrant ever reaches such truth, such freedom.

The freedom of the word

is of manifold tradition,

it poses on impressive monuments

in world history

and bases on universal education.

Nevertheless, much more important:

The free word can count

(still)

on bright stages of liveliness,

on authors, producers and actors

and on public

which are not willing

to let expire the celebration of life,

comedy as well as tragedy,

by the stomatitis of dictatorship.

I am writing free words for the free word

and would like to inspire people, to encourage them.

Open-minded and spirited, considerate

and enlightened.

For, freedom will get lost,

if it is not practiced and defended

by the free word of free citizens!