Be Free

[kryptonitemonkey]

It cries out to me from the dark,
pleading for a release, to be free,
eyes burn in regret and sympathy.
It cannot be let free now, it cannot
be what it wants to be in these moments,
tears mingle and merge in grief.
Who has set these chains that hold me,
it begs in relentless hunger for escape,
when can I be let out to see these faces,
these kind words, these soothing sounds?
It is not yet time, I cry to it,
tears flowing like the blood of battle,
and perhaps never shall be the time,
for all is uncertain in this haze,
your release may never see the light of day,
nor hear the sounds of joy you seek,
but I pray that someday you shall, and then,
then you shall be forever without,
and nevermore shall these tears we weep
be allowed, for only in the dark
are such travesties committed,
and only when you are free of these chains
are you able to know joy, know peace.
Be free, you seeking creature, be free
and go forth to find what makes you whole,
for, to be whole is what you seek,
and what you deserve, oh so more than this,
be free little one, and forever more be so.