Oh Me!

Fastening the harness onto the steed
rambling along the ages old track,
far away in the countryside,
I set off on a quest
that long before fogged my mind.

Thoughts turning ephemeral
arms entwined in resurrecting knots
ankles shackled onto the dado
I pushed ahead with a body so numb;
Succumbed to those wounds
long before they healed.

Amidst shades of grey
oft did I perch
in the cushion of the dark;
My past frightening me
“Oh! Where did my freedom go?”
“Oh! Where did my freedom go?”