Windows and Mirrors

Keep to the walls

Says the manual,

Keep to the walls

And you shall be safe.

Instructions in bold print

Directions. Support.

All. On the wall. Till needed, Until death, preferably.

I burned my manual,

My copy, for warmth

It served me well and the heat came, In ripples of ecstasy.

Please don't burn,

The manual. Or me.

I come in peace.

I come with windows.

I come with mirrors. -

Freedom Song

We are blessed to rise like the wind My keepers told me So far back I hardly remember now We achieve the dreams we conceive An insomniac screamed at me And I sleepy Forgot the exact lines I woke up this morning Tried to ride to the sun Couldn’t even make it past the locks The sun has come and gone And I try to drown screams into oblivion As I weave dreams in my cage -

March 28, 2004