Open

Wings fluttered

Through open window,

A sensation filling veins

As sun sparkled dust

Danced on sill-

Daydreams scampered

Through open space,

Across field

Tripping over freedom

As voices echoed

In grow-less cell-

Directing ambitions

To goal-less fruition

The rules set forth

By beings on pedestal

With pristine hands

And polished shoes,

Who never saw a tree

Or the flight of butterfly,

Who never questioned

The growth of a weed

In the cracks of cement,

Who never stepped forth

With solution and idea,

To bring together

A colony of lost souls-

Who never ached

And yearned

For a freedom just out of reach,

Or below the earth.

To fly through window

On wings of butterfly

What a vision,

A dream above

To escape the monotony

Of our tortured days

Within walls too small,

As we continue to uphold

The creators of a lost generation.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!