UNBOUND
(by Uri Esposito)
I’LL BE SAFE FROM HUNGRY WOLVES
BUT NEVER SAFE FROM SOUND
I’VE RISEN LIKE A PHOENIX-
RADIANT- FROM THE GROUND
ASHES WERE BUT MORTAL FEAR
FROM FEAR TRUE COURAGE FINALLY FOUND
I WILL LET THE TRUTH PREVAIL
AND PREVAIL WITH TRUTH UNBOUND
I’M UNTETHERED AND UNBOUND
MY WINGS UNFOLD- ONCE MORE I’M FREE
TO BEAT WITH EVERY SINGLE OUNCE
TO BRAVELY FLY AND MIGHTY BE
I’VE CONFESSED IN MANY TONGUES
LAID BARE THE GREATEST OF MY WRONGS
PLAY ME AGAIN THAT VALIANT SONG
OUR ANCESTORS DANCED TO AND SUNG
WHEN I’M A SHELL AND SUNLIGHT DIES
IS WHEN CAREFREE DAYS ARE DONE
SPIRITS WILL SWAY BEFORE MY EYES
LIKE THE TREES FROM WHICH THEY HUNG
I’M UNTETHERED AND UNBOUND
MY WINGS UNFOLD- ONCE MORE I’M FREE
TO BEAT WITH EVERY SINGLE OUNCE
TO BRAVELY FLY AND MIGHTY BE
I’M UNTETHERED AND UNBOUND
WAS ENSLAVED BY BEASTS BUT NOW
I’M CHAINED NO LONGER, THE ROPES UNWOUND
I LEFT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK AROUND
I’LL NOT BE POISONED- THIS I SWEAR
WITH EVERY BREATH OF BRACING AIR
I WALK WITH GRACE, BURN DARKNESS DOWN
RAZE MOUNTAINS- HIGH; WITHOUT A SOUND
NIGHTS - ARE - NO - MORE - DROWNED - DESPAIR
LET - DARKNESS - COME - I - AM - PREPARED
FOE - BE - WARNED - OF - ME- BEWARE
I - WILL - FIGHT – I’LL - NOT - BE - SCARED
I’M UNTETHERED AND UNBOUND
MY WINGS UNFOLD- ONCE MORE I’M FREE
THESE CLEAR BLUE SKIES THAT DO SURROUND
HOLD INFINITE HOPE - CHOICES - AND CHANCES TO BE
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