Born Free: Is it your life story?

Born free, as free as the wind blows

As free as the grass grows 

Born free to follow your heart 

So goes the lyrics of the song Born Free, theme song from the movie of the same title in the sixties.

The world still astounds you 

Each time you look at a star 

Live free, and beauty surrounds you 

Born Free is a true-to-life story about Elsa, an orphaned lioness cub, which game warden George Adamson took from the wilderness of Kenya to be raised by him and wife Joy at their home as a couple would rear a child.

Stay free, where no walls divide you 

You're free as a roaring tide 

So there's no need to hide

But time came for the couple to leave Kenya and the government ordered them to turn over Elsa to a zoo. Joy, however, declined to buy the idea as Elsa would never be happy being a caged captive. She wanted to set her free into the wilds. But how could she survive since she became a domesticated pet, untrained to hunt, to kill, and to be wild?

Born free, and life is worth living 

But only worth living 

Cause you're born free 

They trained Elsa to live as she should be. And they succeeded. She eventually lived in the wilderness, had a mate, and raised cubs of her own the way God willed her to live [at least, in this earth-life] -- "born to hunt, born to kill" -- and yet retained "all her affection" for the Adamsons "who nurtured her for so long." 

The song -- the movie -- our life story.

Michael Jackson, Ben and me

It was probably three days before the end of the singer.

BEN, THE TWO OF US NEED LOOK NO MORE
WE BOTH FOUND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR

It was night, I was walking by the street, and I heard the song on the radio.

WITH A FRIEND TO CALL MY OWN
I'LL NEVER BE ALONE

I did not know the exact lyrics of the song but it seemed to have a bond in my soul.

AND YOU MY FRIEND WILL SEE
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

It seemed to be speaking about me. It seemed to be I am he.

BEN, YOU'RE ALWAYS RUNNING HERE AND THERE

But I am not running, I am walking "here and there" -- and everywhere.

YOU FEEL YOU'RE NOT WANTED ANYWHERE

God knows it is the longing of the deepest of me to find a friend who likes and loves me as I am.

IF YOU EVER LOOK BEHIND
AND DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

Yes, many like me because of my "innocence" and "meekness."

THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
YOU'VE GOT A PLACE TO GO

But when this "many" know about the "secret," it is better they have not ever liked me before.

I USED TO SAY "I" AND "ME"
NOW IT'S "US," NOW IT'S "WE"

It is better they leave me alone because, in the end, I will always be alone.

BEN, MOST PEOPLE WOULD TURN YOU AWAY
I DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD THEY SAY

I understand why Michael changed color -- the change of the face.

THEY DON'T SEE YOU AS I DO
I WISH THEY WOULD TRY TO.

It was but to be liked and to be loved.

I'M SURE THEY'D THINK AGAIN
IF THEY HAD A FRIEND LIKE BEN

But, Michael, no matter what we do, people will never ever like the thing that is inside of us.

LIKE BEN

But when I hear the song, I feel it was not you who sang it for me: but Someone -- Who loves every bit of us -- and Who can change everything for us.

LIKE BEN

And, as I remembered you in the past, I can only pray for your soul to meet Him there.