Fly in an Unused Bedroom - July 20, 2024

wings beat furiously

fast as they ever have

head pounds the window

again and again  moves up

down  all around the glass

looking for a way out

freedom seems straight ahead

but imprisonment if behind the

clear solid bars of an illusion

so he drops and lands

on the sill to rest

and remembers

close escapes from angry

fly swatters to folded newspapers

chased around so many kitchens and

dining rooms  once caught in a fist of

fingers that opened carelessly soon

and knows

this will probably end only one way

death by exhaustion or thirst

inevitable from many days of

struggle against this unseeable

resistance to freedom and as he

readies his wings to try once again

the door opens

and hope flies in