Does Not Come Free

Let us remember
That freedom
Does not come
Free.

Peace is established
Through conflict
Anyone who says 
Otherwise
Has forgotten

They say
We Fight
For freedom
Not for war.

It all comes
To the definition
Of freedom

So what do we 
Peace for?

Is complacency
Is compromise
Is peace worth
Being enslaved
To Apathy?

If we fight
For freedom
And long
For peace

Wouldn't one
Have to be
Connected
To the other?

Peace,
Is calm in conflict.

Can we really have one without the other?

2000 years 
Have passed
Since one walked
Who brought
Both war
And peace

Freedom
And grace.

He did not conquer
With his armies
He did not protest
With his signs

Instead he died
And started a rebellion
A merciful crusade
Against normalcy
Against complacency
Against compromise
And apathy.

He started a revolution
Inside the hearts
Of the people

A revolution
That continues to hold strong 
To this very day.

Love.

It says no to impatience
It says no to unkindness
It says no to depression,
Fear
Apathy. 

How?

Because he died
To start this conflict.
That brings freedom
To the human soul.

A sacrifice, to save others
Just as our wars do today.
Is there peace without war?
Is there war without peace?

A bloody death
Civilian casualty
Torture
And mutilation
Mockery
Politics
Subterfuge
Washing
Of hands
Secrets
And thirty-three years
To bring about
The most
Extravagant
Elaborate
Complex
Plan
In progress
Since the beginning
Of creation

Jesus died.

Let us remember
That freedom
Does not come
Free.

Written in Utah on the best night of the entire trip. It hasn't been edited yet. Too many capitals and other things...but it is harder to edit on the iPad than on the laptop. Will do so later.

--MovingGirl