1918

by Onu Oremun

~ as inspired by the song “Chimes of Freedom” by Bob Dylan and cover by the Bad Omens (1966)

Forever flashing for freedom…

A thousand winding steps to take

While the storm doth stir and quake

A thousand bricks of stone to break

A thousand miles the sound must make

From high in my keep, safe, I watch

Surrounded by four walls, safe, I watch

To ring the bell of freedom –

But naked truth is lost behind

Many twists and thorns
Cries and scorns
Of tolling monumental strife
We are merely player’s in the henchman’s game of life

A thousand winding steps I took

While the forever storm struck and shook

A thousand brick of stone amok

But ne’er the freedom bell forsook

From beneath the rubble, safe, I whisper

Surrounded by four walls, safe, I whisper

To ring the bell of freedom –

Tomorrow’s poets talk of today
Of the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an’ worse
An’ when what is learned is burned or churned,
All gaze upon the chimes of freedom flashing

The drawbridge closed tight and secured

But human hearts are rarely cured

An’ this infinite mighty word –

A thousand winding steps I took

While the forever storm struck and shook

A thousand brick of stone amok

But ne’er the freedom bell forsook

From the shadows hidden, safe, I stir

Surrounded by four walls, safe, I stir

To ring the bell of freedom –