I Could Be Free

I didn’t know I could be free
I didn’t know it even existed
I didn’t know I had been trapped
And kept myself in captivity

I was accustomed to my lot
I couldn’t see the walls I’d built
I was used to stumbling in the dark
I dared not leave my place so dear

I felt comfy where I had been
The world was small, my options few
It didn’t matter, it was all I knew
There was never a reason to change

Until one day I took a vacation
And let myself free from my past
I got out and moved around a bit
My world wasn’t flat any more

It existed before while I was inside my box
Yet I kept myself locked from its presence
How did I never not before know
That I could be free and leave my trap?

I ventured out into the ocean
And traveled to all parts of the earth
There was an unknown world I’d never seen
Available all this time to me

After a while, I returned to my spot
But I came with a different perspective
What had once been my whole world before
Was now one small piece of the puzzle

Jason Westlake
Wed, Aug 15, 2007