Untethered

When the mind wanders, the soul ponders
away from the prism of life
Its lifted wings like a condor 
untethered

Floating in an abyss of confusion
Contusions on my dreams and hopes 
by the blows of societal realities
and fallen from its tight rope
A kaleidoscope 
of memories and what could be
The scope, a blur
Thoughts caught in a swirl that twirls 
round and round

Look around
Focus
Hold steady
My hope is ready
Lifted from a heart that's been heavy
by four seasons so deadly 
and four years so empty

I'm ready to be 
Untethered

I sleep to wake upon a wake of sleep 
so I can dream big and deep 
into an odyssey of spiritual awakening 
in the space that creates
Through our destinies and fates
Through sacred silence that defines us 
To hear our ancestors' whispers that remind us
of secrets sung by the rivers 
of life's truths that bring me the shivers
lifted from the glaciers 
of humanity

What burns inside of you?
Is it anger?
Or is it passion?
The two coincide, collide
lay side by side 
frictions of longing
One fueled by regrets of what was
While the other rejects what is

To reach the sights of what the eyes can't see
To feel the beat the heart needs
To smell the grass beneath our feet
To touch the sky beyond our reach
Untethered