I’m Free!
Lately, I’ve been slow to accept my past mistakes,
To resist my predestined fate,
To erase past complaints and the hateful world imagination paints.
My hope grows faint, as my mind enslaves the thought of a better day.
Food for thought: eat, love, pray—
But I guess my soul must be starved.
Sunshine or rain, greenery doused in flames.
Looking around, there’s only me to blame,
Walking the walk of shame, the pirate’s plank of disarray.
Trying to find composure as I ride this soulful train,
Hoping for something different but getting much of the same.
I’ll go insane waiting for the world to change—
Everybody wants change, but nobody ever wants to change.
To rearrange what’s broken into a perfect frame.
Past mitigators slain for what they said or failed to say.
I’m enslaved in space, and I can’t breathe,
Floating in darkness among the fragments of broken dreams.
Hats tipped to the naive, they fail to see what this world is to be.
It floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee,
Watching the city lights all turn red and bleed.
Watch my words spark the mind and plant the seed.
I’m left to wonder if Lady Liberty will ever love me.
She lies, she cheats, she utters “sorry, please,”
Expecting me to believe that I was ever free.
How can the last truth be more painful than the last lie?
I sit and cry, but my eyes are dry,
My tears worn out by those we left behind.
Death ain’t shy, but know that even in the darkest sky,
The next day will always bring a hopeful sunrise.
I hope this time my new love is loyally confined.
I’m talking to you, Lady Liberty—don’t you close your eyes.
Don’t take it literally when they say love is blind.
