True Freedom

Man has been bound
To Earth's gravity
Forever.
Until now,
Orbiting high above Earth,
Freehold,
Is where freedom truly lies.
Freedom means
no sensation of weight
or direction of up or down.

There is no up or down
Determined by the
Direction of the acceleration drive,
Or centrifugal spin.
Furniture take upon
Radical new designs
For it doesn't need to
Fight gravity.
Buildings don't worry
About upholding weight.

Free fall,
Free flight,
Free orbit,
They are all
The same.
Consult any ballistician
Or any astrophysicist
And they'll explain.

Waldo by Robert A. Heinlein