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A Finger, a Thumb

A finger, a thumb

All it takes to cage a soul.

Who would believe this world so full

Would be in the end so flat?

 

A canvas like playground for all two dimensional captives ,

Becoming lines that are drawn as if unwinding threads

Wound so tightly before that release is received with superfluous gratitude

Such freedom never felt before is cherished and held onto

 

Trapping minds, one within the other.

Unable to see the real world yet recognised

Will that freedom be enough

Never knowing what it is to be free

 

Will hands reach out to hold my hand hot with life?

Will they let the fire flow through?

Burning the canvas

Breaking the threads

Freeing the mind.

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alice-burns
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May 4, 2013
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