Unchained ©

Enduring months of darkness,

removed from life as I knew it.

Inside looking out, trapped in

a cage designed to protect me.

Every joy I knew continued on

without me, never missing me.

I could only watch as others

played in the fields I once ruled.

Wondering if I would return,

if I could learn to do without.

Wondering if this would end,

if I should submit to my doubt.

Then the door opened.

Then the light shined in.

Wary at first at apparent freedom,

having been promised before,

only to have it taken away as

my hopes were callously dashed.

But this time the door is gone,

off its hinges, completely undone.

There is nothing to stop me from

running at full speed to freedom.

Running fast and straight and long,

singing a song with each breath,

never stopping again until death

captures me when I no longer run.

I run into the sunlight.

I breathe the fresh air.

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