FREE!

Witness, world, each step of mine, Restless, so deeply am I pained, listen, oh wanderer Where ways stop, I start my journey My voice, subdued still today, Once thriving, now how shall I say, Once free, still free, shall remain. Caged within, suffocated, Yet like a bird, I fought, I struggled, My voice reaching you, unspoken, On bloodied feet, I apply the balm, Yet to the world, Remembered, I remain, how do I say Free I was, free I am, free I'll stay. Where trees stand bereft of leaves alone, Where winds dare not ask, home of rain, Somewhere far, behind the dark, I sought in the east, home of the west, In blood was written, my yesterday, In sorrow, I was happy, I'm happy, how do I say, Free I was, free I am, free I'll stay