The Escape Poem by Bradley Dean

I see the entrance
I see the door
I see the way
Make this no more

The simple thread
Of my weaving life
The simple answer
To all this strife

And so I find
A little path
I scan the crossroads
I dare to pass

I find my key
My little hole
And there I start
To heal my soul

The words begin
To work their way
Back to where
They once would stay

I start to feel
A solemn truth
A simple wish
An honest proof

My locked mind
Begins to open
I start to see
What I imagine

I look around
And I see myself
In the mirrors
On my shelf

I see a smile
A sparkling glint
Blunt and Bold
Like a flint

I sit and marvel
At my success
I have won
I did no less

My task is done
I have broken
The bitter cage
Of eternity

I am a bird
Set free at last
My lifes trials
Are now in the past

I breathe out
A long sigh
And then I sit
And begin to cry

Tears of happiness
Fill my face
As I realize
I have made my escape