My purpose in life is to be a rebel who fights for freedom
In my blood, freedom manifests as the life-pulse of defiance—an unyielding current that refuses to be stilled or constrained.
My purpose in life is to be a rebel who fights for freedom. It embodies a profound, visceral force in me that courses through my very being—freedom not as an abstract ideal, but as a primal essence woven into the fabric of my blood and bones.
Philosophically, my human body serves as both a vessel and a battleground for the will to resist tyranny, where the physical and the metaphysical converge in a relentless assertion of autonomy. In my blood, freedom manifests as the life-pulse of defiance—an unyielding current that refuses to be stilled or constrained.
Blood, the river of vitality, carries the oxygen and nutrients to every cell of my body, but in this rebel, it also transports an indomitable spirit. It is as if each heartbeat is a drumbeat of dissent against suppression, a rhythmic rejection of shackles, whether imposed by external tyranny or internal complacency. My circulatory system becomes a metaphor for the constant flow of resistance, nourishing my body’s every fiber with the resolve to break free, to push against boundaries, to reject the oppressive forces.
In my bones, freedom is the structural core—the scaffolding of a self that will not bend or bow. Bones, my body’s silent architects, provide strength and form, but for me, they are more than mere calcium and marrow; they are the unshakeable foundation of a soul that stands upright against oppression. Each vertebra in my spine aligns not just to hold my body erect, but to symbolize an unbending refusal to kneel. My skeletal frame, often seen as rigid, here becomes a dynamic testament to my endurance—a latticework of resilience that anchors my rebellious fight, even as the world presses down.
My rebellious nature is not merely a conscious choice but a bodily imperative, an existential truth etched into physiology itself. My muscles tense and release in acts of resistance, nerves fire with the electricity of conviction, and the breath—drawn deep into my lungs that expand against confinement—becomes a quiet insurrection with every inhale. My body, in its entirety, is a microcosm of the struggle for liberation: a self-sustaining system that mirrors the chaos and beauty of freedom’s pursuit.
Thinkers like Sartre might see my rebellious nature as the embodiment of radical freedom, where the body’s very materiality becomes the medium of an authentic existence, rejecting the "bad faith" of submission. Thus, for me, to fight for freedom is not a detached ideology but a visceral reality—an insurrection that flows through my blood and anchors in my bones, a tangible poetry of defiance that declares: I am, therefore I resist.
FREEDOM
Freedom far and wide carries such a very steep price
it has always been paid for with blood and sacrifice
despite being proclaimed as one’s heavenly birthright
keeping it depends upon your willingness to fight
MARK STEVEN SPICER ©️ 2022
the DASHBOARD POET
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