Running To Freedom
I was walking in the sunshine happy and careFREE
oh yeah, humming a tune in my head
when a car stopped
wanta a ride miss?
he looked handsome and friendly
so I got in and that was my mistake, mistake, mistake
we were driving a wild ride on streets unknown
swirling and twirling
then he was dragging me up stairs, ouch
down a hall and into a room
a dirty disgusting stinking room of filthy walls
my prison walls, walls, WALLS
and from something to nothing I was doomed
he spoke to me with words angry blurred
whispering in my ear, biting, that I was his now, his, his
he said, tell me you love me and I did, I did say it
'cause his knife was at my throat
I did everything he wanted
when he left me I was chained like an animal
a prisoner with no freedom
had nothing anymore but deep inside
was courage, a flame still burned
he was a coward with a knife
knowing one day he would eventually make a mistake
and it came suddenly
he left forgetting the chain
I lay waiting, waiting, listening to his fading footsteps
then sprung up
opened the door and ran
ran to freedom, ran, ran, ran, ran
from nothing towards something, something
how long had I been in that room of doom
I had no concept of time anymore
where do I go?
where are you mom?
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March 22, 2019
Poetry/Free Verse/Running To FREEDOM
Copyright Protected, ID 19- 1126-803-02
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted to the contest, NA Re-Run (rec'd NA Freedom to nothing, 4/24/19)
sponsor, John Hamilton
Third Place
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