Escape
your heart spans across mountain peaks
tangling in saguaro, sage and tumbleweed
I hear your song in the crescent glow
resonating in the valley deep below
a shadow of all you yearn to be
all the while your heart is bleeding
a shroud covers the mirror of you soul
not quite blanketing all of the holes
bodily, you are not even close
to all you need and want the most
wrapped in paper in a city prison
from late at night till the sun has risen
toiling hard for your escape
saving all that you can scrape
one day they'll look and find you gone
no longer just a working pawn
Copyright © Jo Bien | Year Posted 2010
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