Words
like Freedom by Langston Hughes
“There are words like Freedom
Sweet and wonderful to say.
On my heartstrings freedom
sings
All day everyday.
There are words like Liberty
That almost make me cry.
If you had known what I know
You would know why.”
“Nobody sees anybody truly but
all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see …each other
in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition– all such distortions within our own
egos– condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions
to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you
see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other.
That’s how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare
case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers
of opacity and see each other’s naked hearts.” Tennessee Williams
