To Be Free

To Be Free

To be free of these shackles that bind my heart

bind my soul and life

To wonder the world and be a part,

To fly away somewhere new,

With trees of green and flowers bright

Where no one is there watching you,

To finally be myself again,

Not them, or her, or she,

No terror, heart ache, or pain,

To forget they exist and breath and live

forget what they did, said, made me,

just to be free, what I wouldn't give,

The joy of the heart, to smile and laugh,

happiness, love, such a sight to see,

tears of sweet joy, but only half,

half my life and half my soul

to be free happy, loved,

Is my goal,

Break the shackles, and slice the chains,

Pull open the door, and run out the prison,

See the grass, the rain, the sun again,

Look at the blue of the sky above,

Look at the mountain, the hills,

Feel alive, feel joy, feel love.