Are Birds Free?

CASE

Bob Dylan wrote in A Ballad in Plain D, “My friends from the prison they ask unto me, ‘How good, how good does it feel to be free?’ And I answer them most mysteriously, ‘Are birds free from the chains of the sky way?’”

COMMENTARY

Bob Dylan is a famous poet, musician and songwriter. What is true freedom is not always apparent. There is looking from the inside out; looking from the outside in; looking from side to side; eyes shut and open; varying degrees of light to mention a few factors. Fish, birds and astronauts have their own freedom and their own chains. What is your true intention? Free from what? Free for what?

VERSE by Dairyu

Bodhisattvas play in a world full of light.
Shouting, Home free all!
Bodhisattvas strive in a world full of suffering
Shouting, Home free all!
Is your front door a barrier or a gate?