born in illusory chains gnarled metal encrusted in my broken skin the copper colored dust of rusted steel infectiously envelopes
shaving off antiquated layers of fundamentalist religion encrusted for generations unpeeled until raw an unsophisticated method unveiling ancient lodged glass shards colored with deceit
brought before their court interrogated unfathomably skewered an eerie salem witch trial in modern times
barbarically they shun me banished i wander aimlessly smelling the rotten decay of deceased community as splinters pierce my feet from the crooked wooden plank i walk alone now
an unfathomable inner ache kindled a residue within igniting a wildfire from the darkest shadows uncontainably erupting i dance savagely naked in the orange moonlight and in every shaded edge lit my soul ablaze
i am a nomad sheep ‘tho not one of their color no pasture to contain me no shepherd i can follow theological safety nets no longer there to catch me bohemian-like i plunge
free falling plummeting stripped wide open magically fearlessness reverses gravitation
floating untethered i soar amongst apricot tinged clouds my skin still wet from rebirth and rise with the flaming coral sun
you cannot destroy me i twisted in your decrepit pencil sharpener and with fresh mettle cut through the chains that bound
you can have my ego but you cannot have my soul
dismantling domestication transcending limitation wildly untamed i fly