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I wish I could take you there. {poetry}

 

{Photo: indulgy.com}

{Photo: indulgy.com}

By Jessica Bundy.

I could take you there with me,

to that childish place, little fenced-in

square of concrete, scraped and bloodied

by a million knees;

I could bring you back to that day

when we all stood outside:

hundreds of balloons freed

from hundreds of tiny hands,

up, up, up into the air.

We let those colors go,

left them to wander somewhere

between the clouds and the stars;

we all stood outside watching

as pretty colors and string

were seduced by the wind.

Oh, the freedom of those

balloons drifting away

from that caged place;

the wind pulling and pushing,

the colors blurred and drifting,

until they were only dots,

and then entirely lost

from every upturned gaze…

they led us back to our regular day,

while our balloons floated away.

 

And I remember walking home

to the colorful carnage, caught by tree-traps

and city wires, all that rubber once free,

now twisted, worn, expired.

And I wish I could take you there,

back there with me, and show you

that the end is so easy, and show you

how strange and tragic it is

to be free.

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JessicaBundyJessica Bundy is a folk singer-songwriter from Toronto, Canada. When she is not writing and performing songs, she can be found engaging in various other creative pursuits. Sharing her writing and affecting people, both through music and through the written word, has become a deeply cherished part of Jessica’s life. You could contact Jessica via email, Facebook or her website.

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