Urban Escape

I feel dawn's yellow warmth
on new soft skin.
Giving life outside and in,
to my old limbs.
New peace to melt my silent sins.

Decay and sadness rot in my desert sea.
Concrete and madness all around me,
but today I feel free.

My bonds are broken, and hair flows loose
as winds from distant friends shout.
I am out.

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.