joy will find its way home

blankets of it are peeled away
layers upon layers
dripping
i choke on the stench
clinging
i panic from the light
smothering
i learn to breathe
binding
i ache to soar
freedom will come
joy will find its way home

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~ by Jenny Caffrey on September 2, 2009.

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