Free

As I rise up breaking through the still water. I gasp for air. The first breath I’ve taken in years.

I managed to find the key within me, to unlock the chains you put me in.

Dragging me down.

Drowning.

For a long time, you put me in a dark place.

Under.

But after a while, I became used to the depth of darkness. The cold of the vast blue. Looking up, wishing the sun could reach me. But I was too far down. So I became comfortable.

Under.

You adorned me in chains and said it was jewellery. You’d speak of love to try and fool me.

But at last, I am free.

Ankles and wrists empty for the first time. No sound of metal. No sound of lies.

Now, as the sweet air fills my lungs. I smell new beginnings. The sun finally rests on my skin and I’m free from the place you put me in.