Free

Free

Let me breathe

No longer shackled here

By a straightjacket agenda

You downloaded inside me

My heart is barricaded and braced

Tight

Fit to burst

Teeth and jaw ache

From words I have to bite down on

Like a wild horse

Too long bridled

I tear at my restraints

As my heart skips a beat

I was born to be free to run

Across an open plain

Where wild flowers grow

In an ancient meadow

And streams run to become rivers

That meet the ocean

Let my soul float freely

Like the supple branches of a willow tree in the breeze

That dance and kiss the surface of the water

As reflections of light

Glisten on the rippled surface

Let me feel my soul at home

In this animal body

Held

Soothed

And deeply embraced

By nature

Free to run

Free to love

Free to be

Free to breathe