Free As Wind
Smile wide, feet bare, curls tied high upon her head.
Scarlett skin from rising suns,
Eager eyes for something more.
Chirping loud while running free, she runs wild
Around the yard. She slumbers quietly in leaves,
With cuddles from a teddy bear.
She’s there but then she’s swept away
Into the ever-changing wind.
Face pale, thin skin, sucked into the frozen air.
Longer limbs for chance to move,
Trapped inside the golden nest.
Irises turned toward the sky, for hope to
Find a voice within. Trapped inside a hermit’s shell,
My senses come in silent white.
So close and then so far away
When tucked behind an iron gate.
If she was graced with Midas touch,
Or part of wheel of fortune’s till;
She’d pray to stretch her wings to sea
And never think to stand so blind.
No more naïveté or loss, because of
Silent wondering.
Throw caution to the dark and
Find a voice as free as wind.
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