Freedom feels like this

I am home,
in a cell
four walls, caving in
roof, closing in
life, closing down
in a cell
that leaves me gasping for  breath
leaves
me gulping for air-
that sticks to the inside of my mouth
and stays there,
I cannot swallow
it, leaden-it blocks my throat and then,
I raise my arms and feel it making it's way down
and I close my eyes and dream
of that place
that lets me stretch as far as I can
wide arms,
air filling my lungs,
my body, lets me float
to the sky,
in the great vastness
of time,
space
air
life.