Give Me My Soul Poem by Carole Moran

Give me my soul.
I want you to give me my soul.
I don't want to take it;
I shouldn't have to take it;
I'm entitled to it:
It's mine.
Give it to me!

Give me my mind.
Let me have my mind.
I don't want to be brainwashed;
I don't want your opinions
Or your facts.
My mind is mine.
Leave it alone!

I will fight and free my soul.
I will struggle in defiance for my mind.
But I shouldn't need to.
I am an entity.
My soul is mine;
It is all mine;
Only mine.

Give me my soul.


(January 23,1992)