Not truly\u00a0Mine<\/p>\n
I worked, I saved, I paid each dime,
Signed the deed\u2014this house is mine.
Brick by brick, the walls stand tall,
But miss one tax, and I lose it\u00a0all.<\/p>\n
A home, they say, is earned, not loaned,
Yet the state still claims a piece I own, like a slum landlord.
Year by year, the dues must flow,
Or out I go\u200a\u2014\u200aIs\u00a0this\u00a0really\u00a0Freedom,\u00a0Liberty\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0pursit\u00a0of\u00a0hapiness?<\/p>\n
As in owning my house, I become a slave,
Bound to this land, to work and behave.
No wandering far, no dreams to roam,
Just paying and paying to cling to this\u00a0home.<\/p>\n
Dollars I spend\u00a0in\u00a0my\u00a0neighbor hood\u00a0stores,
Used so they can pay their taxes\u2014just like before.
A cycle unbroken, a system so tight,
Where freedom\u2019s a myth, and continiuous paying is my\u00a0right.<\/p>\n
Am I silly or even a conspirationniste to think that is crazy? I tough I was free!
Or is the whole world just a slave arena for all\u2014where you pay everyday for a fake freedom, to have the right to be a human on earth.
To question Freedom and fake property rights so twisted, so cruel,
That turns every owner into a\u00a0slave?<\/p>\n
I am crazy to think that\u00a0way?<\/p>\n
Now some might say, with voices bold,
“You must pay taxes, or so we\u2019re told\u2014
For roads, for schools, for things we need!”
But tell me, friend, do they\u00a0succeed?<\/p>\n
Are you happy with the roads you drive?
Do the schools help young minds thrive?
Is the infrastructure standing tall,
Or does it crack, crumble, and\u00a0fall?<\/p>\n
Look in the mirror\u2014be honest, be true,
Do you want to pay for what they misdo?
Do you trust the hands that take your gold,
To spend it wisely, as you were\u00a0told?<\/p>\n
Or will they waste, will they deceive,
Pile up debt you\u2019ll never relieve?
And when the well runs dry, guess what?
They\u2019ll just demand more from your\u00a0cut.<\/p>\n
A house I own, yet not quite free,
Chained by a tax I cannot flee.
A never-ending, ruthless game\u2014
Tell me now, is that not\u00a0insane?<\/p>\n
Want to live on the Bitcoin Standard?<\/p>\n
Join, clap, follow me, on Medium’s\u00a0embrace,<\/p>\n
Together, let’s share this digital\u00a0space.<\/p>\n
For my goal is to continue the poetic\u00a0flow,<\/p>\n
Sharing the wonders of Bitcoin’s glow,<\/p>\n
So come along, join this journey of\u00a0mine,<\/p>\n
On Medium’s platform, let our voices\u00a0shine.<\/p>\n
Not Truly Mine<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not truly\u00a0Mine I worked, I saved, I paid each dime,Signed the deed\u2014this house is mine.Brick by brick, the walls stand tall,But miss one tax, and I lose it\u00a0all. A home, they say, is earned, not loaned,Yet the state still claims a piece I own, like a slum landlord.Year by year, the dues must flow,Or out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}