Sweet Relief Poem by Tobi Adebowale

From my eyes
Tears flowed freely
While my manacled limbs
Sang of pain
Helplessly
I gazed at the blue sky
And then at the glittering plain
Where I longed to be
But for my restraints.

Milk and honey flowed
It glittered and sparkled
The plain was endowed
A place my soul desired
But for the inhibition
A threatening gorge
Ensuring a division
Between this horrifying hill
Where I am bound
And the golden plain
I only can stare at
Even if loose
My hands were not made to fly