I am free


I am free! I am free! I am free to be me!

Rebirth.
Death.
The Construction
rising, meeting the maker of
me.

My soul,
no longer bound
nor stifled by
the will of others.

I begin today a new,
a fresh, alive --
my spirit smiles.

Once fear dictated my-will to live,
but now love for my-self
does instead.

Pain.
Suffering.
The cringing within the closet
of my secret
life.

Today I
open the door.
Take off its hinges
and burn it!

Light, intense and bright, light breaking
the barriers of darkness and night.


Blinded, senses departing, exploding; Like rockets
red glare and bursting in air, my mind reels in wonder
and awe.

Flight out of the night, flee toward the spirit of life.
Life. Blood. Life-blood, it fills my veins,
quickening my soul -- setting me on fire.

Dimensional.
Alternatives.
Twisting my fate in two,
wrapping my fingers around you.
Shinning in the corners of a life
shaded by fear.

Chill, cold and damp, it slides under the sill.
Shiver, quiver -- shooting stars
passing comets.
Raise my eyes to the heavens.

Milky Way, stairs of the sky, Orion's belt and
Scorpio's tail. Pleides where is your 7th, and the Bull
hunted by Sagittarius.

Who am I? What is it that I am?
How is it that I am?

Where and when can anyone
tell me them?

And who are you?

By Richard Wahl
2001 copy right
all rights reserved