There’s light
through a crack
under the door
that I didn’t know was there.
The walls of this perfect prison
were seamless,
I swear.
In this,
impenetrable darkness,
I’ve been laying bare
all of my sins.
Shedding my skin.
Now I’m here,
in the glare
of this new reality.
I was free
to do
and move as I chose.
A creature in flight,
a thief in the night,
I suppose.
Living a life
full of wine
and designer clothes.
I wish I had listened
to all of the words
I’d been told.
Because now I’m locked in a cell
that I made on my own.
Turns out that freedom’s not free,
we pay through the nose.
That light keeps me working,
now that I know
there’s something more.
Keeps me breathing,
and feeling for seams,
or a switch for the door.
I know if I’m patient,
it’s gonna open in time.
I’m trying to find
the keys
somewhere in my mind.
I made this cage
out of living a life
so sublime.
The only way I know
to escape,
is the way
and the light.
Now,
it’s just that light and me;
this new reality.
HG – 2019