Is this prison real? 
Not until I can see the bars. 
Once I see them though...
Everything changes.  
It always has.  
The prison is real. 
I hunger to be free. 
Reaching between the bars it escapes.
Elusive like a puff of smoke, freedom turns away.
The bars leave a long shadow. 
They drag slowly on my soul. 
Heaviness from their cold lock chill me. 
Till I can get them to let go.
I tug and dig my way through. 
I do it because I love you.