..

.
Marionette

Fool, fool
dangling

from your ego like a puppet
floating

without resistance
 
a shimmering
mobile
a sparkling
wind chime
sounding someone else's song:
 
cut your strings and

lie there

prostrate to the weight
that governs
everyone who chooses
freedom.
 

 

© Shelley Harrison
www.shelleyharrison.com