Caged Lion

If I could have one dream comes true

I would be me and you would be you

No fears. No tears. No reasons to flee.

Because I would not care

What you thought of me

How free I would be

If I could be

The me I once was

The me I once knew

Instead

I am trapped

No matter where I stand

Scared I will say the wrong thing

Or step on sacred land

Like a lion in a cage
I pace

Circling my limited space

Watching

As the watchers walk around

Determined

Never to let my guard down

For to do so

The risk is too great

If I could have one dream comes true

I would rediscover

The me

Who seems gone forever

A glimpse

Swivel back in time

Where I would swing

Sing

Play with rhyme

Yet

This seems a lifetime ago

Did I imagine?

Was it ever so?

For images

I should remember

I question

If they were ever true

It seems like an eternity

When I was me

And you were you

Impressions

Ghostly attempts to hold on

Before they all dissipate

How I wish

After all of this time

I would find the one that was once me

Brave. Secure. Proud to fight

For justice. Kindness. All that is fair and right

How I would love to have just a little part of me

I could stash away

But not too far

So when I feel

Out of sorts

I know longer pace

In my steel cage