I Can Dream Now.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

now i am
free

away from
your numbers

away from your
tips

away from your
hold

now i am free

not as a bird
not as the wind
not as the
kite cut off from
the hold of your
hand
from that string

now i am free
and i am scrutinizing it
why i say that now i am free

perhaps because i can
say what i want

perhaps because i can
do what i want now

but what is it that i want to say
really
what is it that i really want to
do with my life?

i am tired.
i am free because i want to sleep
and i can sleep.

i can dream.