Maybe something deep

Maybe something deep was happening

Under the surface

Of what you said, saw and did

Maybe you were being drawn back there

To remember

How hard it was

And how imprisoned you were

You tell me you failed

But I don’t think so

You rebelled

And yours was a necessary rebellion

I think your so called ‘failure’

Was actually a success

Because far more was happening below the surface

Than you realised

You went back to see the prison

You said a resounding ‘No’ to

And your failure

Was success

Of an entirely different kind

If only you knew

How wise and golden you are!

I know how sad you feel

For those you had to leave behind

Who could give you nothing

And suffer so now

In their nothingness world

Of half truths and emptiness

If only you knew

How golden you are

Sunshine