cruel masters

sometimes there are cruel masters who sneer and inflict pain for no reason at all. i do not know where they come from — why do they come at all — or where they go and so i am always afraid. today i awoke and felt anxious and sad i wondered, “will it get worse?” the sunlight is pure truth and only that matters. i sit outside and feel my body swell with its warmth - birds are playing and fighting and singing as the wind hurls them about. we are warmed and illuminated by the same glowing, burning sun. — somehow the sweltering heat reminds me of something and i am not afraid.