We look in the mirror
A happy reflection
With open eyes
And ocean waves of
Cheerful glee
The gentle smiles
That releases me
It calms my heart
Plays a piano key
And chimes resound
Freedoms melody
I listened once
To verbal mutilation
Fear without complication
Blanched and empty
Void of empathetic colour
That gave me
Painful days and nights
But I dug in deep
And stood my ground
And cleared my soul
My voice repelled
The ugly parallel
Drawn for me by less
With an open hand of faith
I built a bridge of complexities
Pilar by pilar, rod by rod
Find resilience within
Now freedom flies
Runs past the fear
Jumps over the ugliness
And again am strong
With freedoms song.
Meaning
We write because we must, because it frees us from our burdens.
The ones that are carried in the depths of our soul.
The ones that unlock the torment, the pain and the pleasure.
Inch by inch, measure by measure, we must write and
In doing so we can breath again as we have breathed life into the prose.
Like the paint from the brush, like the pot from the clay.
That within these words we can bring meaning to life.
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