Isolation my straightjacket in a room of free bodies
Inability or unwillingness to loosen the straps
Liberate my limbs and broaden the horizon
If I could summon Houdini I would go as far;
As my legs would take me, touch everything tangible
See everything visible – cross points off someone else’s map
I am still here – bound internally by fused emotions
Fluid crashing violently against the inner wall of the cast
The same movie on constant loop in my mind’s eye
-Hindsight the devil in charge of the reel;
Projecting memories that don’t exist
From decisions I didn’t make.