Poetry

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CAPTIVE LOVE OR LOVE SET FREE….
WHICH WILL IT BE?
BY Nancy E Rader
Written: Nov 11, 2002
“I love you Eagle, and it hurts me so to see you soar
To heights and places I can’t go. So in captivity you must
Stay, to be with me throughout the live long day.
I will not let you fly away! So with me you must stay!”
But the eagle said to me, “An eagle held in your loving
Captivity, would not be happy don’t you see? He longs to be
Set Free, so he can spread his wings and be the eagle he
Chooses to be. Now, if you truly love me, please set me Free!
Let me be the eagle I choose to be, and not the one
Your love would have me to be.”
“You win,” I said. “I will set you Free to be the eagle you
Choose to be. Now fly away my friend above the trees
And soar and play in the gentle breeze. For that is what
You choose to be, an eagle set Free, to be the eagle he
Chooses to be. But please remember the love
I have for thee, and the sacrifice it took to set you Free.”
Friend, it is the same with us, don’t you see? If I love you I
Must set you Free, to be the man you choose to be.
You must live the life you choose and not the live I would
Have you choose. My love will now set you Free to be the
Man you choose to be. But as you go about the things
You love, please remember my sacrifice and love.
Your heavenly father from above.

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