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What does it mean to be free?
To fly like a butterfly
With the wind under your wings?
To swim like a fish
With the currents as your constant companion?
To roam your piece of the world
Foraging from the water around it
Without a care for tomorrow?
Well, freedom it seems
Is not found alone
But with friends that stay through thick and thin
Who help despite your rocky introduction and “unbeautiful” entrance into their lives
Who encourage you through your self-doubt
And who support your dreams
No matter the distance those dream separate you physically from them
Because you’re never far from their minds
And because of friends this true
There’s no fear to be yourself
And to dream big
‘Cause even if you fall
They’ll be there to pick up the pieces
Even when you separate yourself
To spare them harm and sadness
Their choice to face your demons for you
And to share your burden
May be exactly what you need
There’s more freedom
In togetherness than loneliness
Because with reliable friends in the relay of life
We are able to be freer
With their support
Than without
And that freedom will be
As eternal
As the number of summers we’ll have
With these special friends