Captive Body Open Mind

August 21, 2017

They can lock me away

Bind me with chains

Hide me from the light and say

That I do not know what I am meant to be

But they cannot stop a girl

Who has seen beyond the castle walls

And knows

The world is

Much

Than balls and gowns

For broken wings can heal

Thus I will be free

And I will fly

Once More

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