Solitary Confinement

I can smell the concrete

The baron cold

The windowless cell

The fear beneath my feet

The enveloping darkness

The harshest rations

The metal bars

To where freedom reigns

The madness of solitude

The desperation of thirst

Quenches my cracked lips

Pacing

Always pacing

Counting

The never ending numbers

Crouching on the floor

With my head between my knees

The years

So long ago

The torture and blood

Skinny to the bone

I often think about people

In solitary confinement

And visit them

My spirit is everywhere

Forests’ bare

Setting alight with rage

Dreaming of rain

To nourish the earth

When it’s cracked

And breached

And broken

Caress the air

Fly free

You wonder

Why freedom

Is so important to me

You won’t appreciate it

Until it’s taken away

Crimson sunset

Hands that heal

Innocents jailed

For millennia

The suffering is worse

Than death

I don’t blame them

For taking crystal meth

In another universe

These aliens have a certain language

The way they move their hands

You can communicate

With everything

Technology beyond your imagination

Capabilities beyond recognition

Lie still

Peace

Zen

Solitude

Confinement

Breathe

And as the seconds feel like hours

Take haste

Escape

In your land of dreams

Dimensions expand

No space and

No time

Illusive dance

My magic trance