Broken (Free)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broken,  
free...  
 
there is  
only me,  
 
this mind,  
see-  
 
so free  
 
a whipcord dog  
in blue sinew  
buries a bone  
away from view;  
 
impenitent steel  
for yowling real -  
 
my name  
my nerve  
my sass  
my verve,  
 
smitten...  
brain bug-bitten,  
a hopeful ghoul  
in a pool of drool -  
 
a stricken hick
with a breakaway tick -
 
my boots, my grave -  
how my guts do taste  
laughing like rain  
and unafraid,  
 
how much time?  
how much breath?  
how many summer nights  
do we have left?  
 
I am lost  
in the weeds,  
 
just damaged goods  
and soon you'll  
see  
 
how I'm broken,  
free  
 
and there is  
only me -  
 
this mind,  
see,  
 
so very free.