Shackles On Mind
First breath, deep
Stomach rises to the throat
Exhale, go
Down the beaten trail
Focused energy manifests
Deep in the mind’s core
Iron chains, make strides fail
Mile one, mile two, mile three
Bloody, bitter drips
Ridges on the lip
A reminder to inhale
Forest capillaries
Whip, wind, and intertwine
Eventually reaching all vesicles
Travel the path of highest energy
See not the mountainous hills
But the horizon above
Follow its beauty to knowing
Legs, arms, head, create synergy
Shackles of time weigh
On the collar of the shirt, sweat drips
Each filled with screams of pain
Falling, causing astringency
If not now, then when
Cast off the casted shackles
Your time is now.
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