The Poetry of Sun Ra

Freedom From Freedom


Freedom from freedom
From the liberty
Of the land
Where destruction's light
Is the land.

Freedom from the decree of freedom
From the liberty
Of the land of destruction
Is the decree
That can truly save
Those whose freedom
Is a burden and a shame
What price freedom that despairs?
What price freedom that destroys?





by Sun Ra

published in The Immeasurable Equation, The Collected Poetry & Prose of Sun Ra