Being Honest With Fiction

And ah, to you dear Freedom.
I love you so . . .

I am here to separate myself and disconnect from the powers that be. I am here to break away from the captors, and down to the mild to moderate the thefts of service, and all the way to the wardens who have mutually imprisoned me, I am here to create distance from the weight and the heaviness that holds the spirit down.
I am here to let go and rid myself from all the above, like the sandbags to the hot air balloons which signify the hopes of my brand new life.
I am here to use this as my springboard and like the launchpads in the wild and vast clearings, I am here to let each baloo go, one by one, so they can fly.
Lift off . . .

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Back to Where the Bullets Hit the Sky

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I am asked
Why?
Why do I do this?
Or, why do I come here
every morning,
or why do I keep coming back
when sometimes, coming back
can be lonely
or unforgiving, unfruitful,
and why do I keep coming back to
an unyielding series
of thoughts, feelings
and a blend of relentless
insecurities that find holes in my system
and keep me guessing –
Why?

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