Defiance

"It matters not how strait the gate
how charged with punishments, the scroll,
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul."
                                            -"Invictus"


The wings severed
the bird caged
the ideas stifled
thoughts muffled

do not forget
the song in the heart
as you crawl
on the floor

only thing that
scares your
captives
is your free will

singing in gay
abandon
even as the body
writhes

and the
soul
soars.