Free

by Alexis Szoke


I am here.

I am free


From all people who construed me.

From all judgements that consume me.

From all lies that have restrained me.

And the thoughts I will contain.


From all darkness that surrounds me.

And the shackles that confound me.

From all the shadows that will haunt me.

And all the burns that stain my heart.


All the pasts that once lead me.

All judgments that have fed me.

All mirrors that do not reflect me.

The things that I have left behind.


I am free from restrictions that control me.

The people that had hold on me.

The ceilings that have kept me.

Today I am free.



Clean eyes that have seen me

Visions of what I will be

But will not be of me truly

I see now that I am free.