Jailbreak
Location
Open windows
Open doors
Broken glass strewn
Across the floor
Out of my prison
I do see
And open air
Is what I need
Grab at bricks
Tear down these walls
They can’t hold me back
Not at all
Light the fuses
Blow the roof
I’ll never be crushed
Under this hoof
Nothing blocks my way
I am free
Nothing holds me back
Except for me
I need not crawl
I need not climb
Yet my feet stay still
I hope not for long this time
This is my fight now
Me vs. me
Can I win this?
I’ll have to see
I tell myself
“I cannot wait
I can’t stay long
In this passive state”
But I say back
“The world out there is bleak
I will not find
The peace I seek”
“Not true” I say
“It is there
But you will have to fight to get it
And maybe lose ones for which you care”
“But I don’t want heartache
I don’t want pain
All I want” I shout
“Is to walk under a blue sky, no rain”
“If the sun always shines
If the weather is never vile
There is no way to distinguish
The moments which make life worthwhile”
“So I will have hurt?
My heart will break?
But after all of that,
Will it be happiness I make?”
“Yes that is right
Yes this is true
But the only one who can make the pain fade
Is you”
“So if I don’t let it get to me
Don’t let myself cave in
Then, eventually
I will win”
And so we stepped out together
Me and me
Becoming one again
To face a world where we want to be