pearl

I am a traveller
gagged and tied.
I am the clock
that time denied.
I stepped in concrete
and the concrete was you,
bonded down
with weight for two.
but I found an axe
and chopped off my feet
my ankles are bleeding but
smiling I'll greet
this day that I walk
this day that I run
this day I discover all
there is to become.
the world is an oyster
and I am its pearl,
years in the making
my life will unfurl.
I'll challenge the dragons
I'll run til I'm free,
I am the music and
the music is me.