Sotto Voce

What D'ye Lack - III

Enchanted --
Rapt away in out-of-time --
The soul finds freedom to define itself anew.
And yet, wrapped in the golden Chain of Being,
Freedom is close akin to discipline.
Where order is, freedom exists;
Without is chaos.
In sooth, what then is freedom if no rules apply?
Where then is joy, if there be no release?