-wanted-

Daily Poetry #33, March 2, 2017
Word: Wanted

With a bounty over my head, I simply let out an amused laugh, 
Did you really think the law could slap cuffs on these working wrists?
I'm a busy woman, always on the run and I've never got time,
To sit around and watch as life passes me by, that life would be the pits.

“Yeah, I'm wanted, what are you gonna do about it?” I laugh at you,
Confidence in my chest as my heart beats strong. 
“Over two million, are you gonna try and take me down?” 
But I never realized my lonely heart would be wrong. 

You didn't want to capture me, turn me in,
You offered to take me where I could start anew. 
“Why would I want to do that?” I laugh a facade,
But you, with such sharp eyes, see right through. 

I may not want to be normal, but I swear that I didn't start as a thief,
Times were cruel and I did what I had to do. 
You simply nod as we continue down the trail, boots clicking,
Having someone so understanding, it's all new. 

“Just because you're wanted, doesn't mean you can't have what you wanted,”
You say to me when we make it to this new place. 
I don't know what to say, so I simply smile,
For now I know I'm not useless space.

Copyright © Frisk Carris | Year Posted 2017

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