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Hour of freedom

as i was lying in bed last night, my mind raced, as usual.

thoughts zipped in instants - why what who who who why's

mixed with images of imagined images,

images i have experienced or images impossible to experience - words floating in and out of each other, caressing, lingering fingertips

 

a few words joined at the hips and rested for a long, tremendous instant –

[eliminate connotation]

Reality is a Cage, I am a prisoner of my reality - everyone is trapped in everything - how can i get free! how do i freedom climb jump dive?! FREEDOMFREEDOMCAGEPRISONI I I I I I CAGE I AM NOT THIS BUT ALL I AM IS THIS

 

i sat up and rolled in my blanket so that i was cacooned AH Waarmth dropped my body sideways and my face hit my pillow

I sit up again

And look around at the black and white

the thoughts SWALLOW ME

everything we do

everything everything

self control moderation ambition

******* money

Reason law health

Children Music Epiphany

love strife religion

every

religion

every belief

Understanding

sanity

self built cages

 

DULL SELF BUILT CAGES

 

If this is all i have made for myself!

ridiculous!

why haven't i been more creative!

more colorful

OUTRAGEOUS

I am THROUGH Dulling My Existence

 

why have i hid in this pool of peace and wisdom and identity

in hope for understanding and existence

WHY

do i wallow in this puddle of thought!

WHY DO I MAKE MYSELF STILL

 

 

I dont want to be in the room

this black and white stillness

 

fear of other sways into me

i see it and i see it

dim weak feeble

I Smash it!

out out out

anything but stillness

anything but warmth

anything anything

I FREE MYSELF

 

BRIGHTEN This CAGE

 

OUtside OUTSIDE

golden ice

firm underfoot

space all around

icy breath exPAAAAND

EXHAAALE

 

I walk so quickly but i cant get away there are people there are things everywhere and i cant get away

there fences around all these planted trees

males playing football in the icy 1 am air

i walk through them and laugh laugh

 

walk walk i see a bunny and I chase it!

AHahahah DELIGHT

you must run fast when things eat you

 

I slow down

SMILE

my whole feels

 

I keep walking climb a fence

see im in a small enclosure

climb this big green metal box

sit

look to my right theres a bigger brick box

climb the fence with ease step on this other square thing

YES

i look around and scream at the top of my lungs

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

to HEar it with these ears

i

want

more

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

i laugh delightedly and lay on my back

looks at the stars

feels the chill in her fingers

allows her body to shiver

not attempt to control

 

gets up and looks around

climbs down

so

easy!

 

trees in a row

rusty red baseball dirt

scraggy asphalt rocks

geese waddling away

Vibrant Golden Night!

the lights sphere into the biggest orbs of light rays ive ever seen before!

i sit in a baseball dugout

 

she lights a wet leaf

smokes spindle away

outline the vague air that i breathe

she holds it up to the moon

 

casts off her glasses

i see it BLOOM

there is a visible entity

flows into form

pulsates

clear in the white orb

 

she sits and stares

ignores her stinging eyes

 

getting up, she climbs a fence

hops down

smooth

landing every time

 

EXHILARATION SENSUAL INSTANT FREEDOM

 

she walks once more and sees her shadow for the first time

how lovely this absence of form, this evidence of form

how unappreciated

she bows to her

 

she walks once more and climbs a fence once more

to walk on

astroturf

bhahahaha!

she plays with her body

Cartwheels for everyone!

 

I look to the sky

Stretch out arms and SPIN and SPIN AND SPIN

SINGPURESPINSPINSPINSPIN

Truth whirls beyond her

Freedom RIVERS Through Her

 

No reluctance, she returns to her white walled hallways

Her electronics

Freedom RIVERS Through Her

And Sleep Welcomes Her

She forgets her dreams

she wakes

while i dream

while i paint limitless freedom

 

:::beyond:::::......

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Oct 31, 2010
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