Freedom: A Poem

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I stand there.

There's a shower.

Water running down my back.

Anxious.

Imagination.

Imagining the water rinsing away.

Rinsing away my day.

Sunlight washes over me making me smile...giving me hope.

A breeze takes my breath away reminding me to breathe.

I inhale.

Inhale life.

Inhale love.

Inhale freedom.

I exhale.

Exhale death.

Exhale darkness.

Exhale the anxiety that binds me.

That binds me to life.

That binds me to my sins.

That binds me to the things that I don't speak of.

It starts slipping. 

The anxiety starts slipping away.

Just for a moment...I feel.

I feel the anxiety washing away.

Washing the heaviness away.

Washing the darkness away.

Washing the chains away.

I turn off the shower.

For a moment I am free.