His arms enclose me I watch as the mesh caging rises to entrap me
Out of instinct I shrink away
They pull me in tighter I watch as the bars close securely at the top
My eyes begin to rove frantically
A cry of desperate anguish trapped behind my lips I lay motionless, imitation of death
Convinced to witness the look of sorrow deepen his eyes
The confusion, the pain
Would murder me more than the steel cage that binds me
He already feels the frantic eyes
The tense rigidity of my body
That he holds so closely, protectively to him
Raging storms of muted passions he can barely guess at
My burden alone
He tucks his head in at the nape of my neck
Meant to relax and insure me of his protective presence
this love, his love
I feel the hot breath
It moistens the back of my neck, clings there, a hot immovable dew
His arms feel oppressively heavy
I want to leap from them
Go to the window, the dark, the stars
Give myself to their enclosure alone
The dark deep night I close my eyes
Breathe deeply, then breathe again
Flitting through skies
No metal cages, no oppressive arms
Feel the wind as it braces me and covers me
Cool, and light
Perch upon the tip of a silver branch
Moonlight splashing across the ground
Glittering the world of newly lain dew
No metal cages, no oppressive arms
Freedom
I open my eyes
The walls, the arms, the bed
My cage
His love
My love I bury my face in my arm
And wait for unconsciousness to remove my confines
So that I may fly