Clipped

[2005]

Clipped

Clipped

My wings are disabled from flight

I stumble around, desperate, clumsy

The earth hot coals to my exposed bare feet

Building myself up for false

Take offs and failed fluttering

My feet remain on the ground but

I yearn for the clouds

Caged

I see the world through iron bars

Experience, reality, distorted

Trapped in a universe where people

Are just people and things

Are just things

I pull at the bars futilely

Emancipation just on the other side

5/24/05