Gone, dear God, it’s all gone.
The freedom I possessed
To dance
In the sunshine
Through the misted morning grass,
Ripped from beneath my feet.
She controls me.
I scream through my green eyes.
The rain whispers my lullabies.
I sleep,
And in my dreams I am free.
The bursting crystals from the spilling sun,
Striking, reflecting, penetrating,
Slipping into the confines through pepper holes,
Mocking me with their freedom.
I am trapped, surrounded by metal,
And
Waiting,
Waiting,
Waiting,
For my sentence,
For the hot hand in the cool water,
To pluck a shiny temptress.
Final swim.
Burnished metal punctures.
Tied from freedom.
Remembering…
Floating with the current,
Nibbling,
Sunshine.
Swimming upwards–
Faster,
Faster,
Faster,
Into the air!
Small splash.
Then bitten.
