My introduction

DREAM BIG! Who is it that bends for the right to be heard? When bending while talking who will feel the power of your words? Birds fly south but will one day return Because deep inside it is home that they yearn Can you return to your past? Think slow Although you know the answer is no Tell your body to let your mind know When it tries to travel to a place your body cannot go The prisons of the mind trap thoughts in time Like this sentence I write The mind hands out sentences for life A constant struggle and continual fight Past, present, future which is right? I struggle to comprehend And to this poem I lend my pen Listen, my friend! Birds fly south but will one day return Because deep inside it is home that they yearn The warden of the past Confines me to the past And constantly reminds me of the past The bars are “what if” The door is “maybe I could have” And the walls are “maybe I should have” They check for contraband underneath my sleeve The guards beat me when I try to leave. I am a prisoner but not to the prison you might think It is the prison behind the eyes that blink. Only dreams are allowed to escape But when dreams return They have the key to unlock the gate. Dream, dream, and dream some more For it is only your dreams that can open the door It is the future that unlocks the doors of the past And the present that connects the two Seeing as how my dreams have allowed me to escape I wrote this poem for you metroshort-ya