My Soul Wishes to Escape

Sitting here in my room,

I dream of far away places,

Caught in the humdrum,

My soul wishes to escape,

Away from the subjection,

Away from the probation,

Where the sun shines,

And the skies are cloudless,

Where I could fly,

And have no fear of falling,

Where there is no pain,

And no shadows to follow,

Where I could be just me.

As the unending expanse of green meadows,

Beckons me towards the unreal,

I begin to fade away,

The line dividing real and imaginary blurs,

The dream becomes real,

My heart believes what it wants.

As I am drawn to the enigma,

My mind suddenly overcomes

My dream shatters,

I hurtle back into the real,

I see walls closing on to me,

The struggle begins again,

I pace to keep up with life.

Only evidence of my momentary rendezvous,

I am numbed by my own pain,

As the tears fell down my cheeks.