PRISONS by Sarah Courtney Dean

Sometimes life can deal us cards that we find hard to accept…

Those that know me also know that I am really going through the mill health-wise. The thing is though I really think we can find freedom amidst all that life throws our way.

Photograph by Brooke Shaden

Prisons

by Sarah Courtney Dean

My world is reduced to a prisoners view

From a glass caged window

Looking out while life goes on.

There are no bars or chains in this prison

Except those made from failing flesh.

But whilst flesh and blood fail

The world of the mind is set free

To soar past the confines of freshly concerns

Set free to roam

But do I dare to release this fragile thing

Much more delicate than the cage of flesh and blood

That confines it.

Dare I raise my hand and smash the glass cage

And in that act of violence set free my mind

Reflected in the shards of broken fun fair mirrors?

Sarah Courtney Dean: I am a poet and my poetry is part and parcel of my spiritual tradition. I am a Druid and a seer and also a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. I live in the UK in the beautiful county of Dorset. My poetry is inspired by nature in all its forms especially by the progress of the seasons and how the Goddess is seen in them. I am single by choice and live with a ginger and white cat by the name of Rowan who as all cats are prone to rules the roost. You can find me on facebook here and on my page here.

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