Do I have the soul of a slave? <br /> No! my soul cries out to be free. <br /> Do I have the heart of a slave? <br /> No! my heart cries out to be free. <br /> Do I have the soul of a slave. <br /> No! I am a free man. <br /> I am a free woman. <br /> My children are free. <br /> My chains bound me no longer. <br /> Nor do they bound the generations <br /> to come. <br /> I have the soul of a preacher. <br /> I have the soul of a teacher. <br /> Hear my words. <br /> I have the soul of a singer. <br /> Hear my songs. <br /> I have the soul of an artist. <br /> See me create. <br /> I have the soul of a doctor. <br /> I make sick people well. <br /> I have the soul of a lawyer. <br /> I fight for Justice. <br /> I have the soul of a master builder. <br /> I construct buildings that touch the sky. <br /> My soul is not the soul of a slave. <br /> My soul is free. <br /> I am free to be what I want to be. <br /> I am free to build my dreams. <br /> I am free to create what my heart desires. <br /> I am free forever. <br /> I am free. <br /> Freedom is precious. <br /> Freedom is love. <br /> Freedom is life. <br /> I lift my voice for freedom. <br /> I am free while I live. <br /> When I leave this earth I will <br /> still be free.<br /><br />Jennifer Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-soul-of-a-slave/
