Fettered ? Jamais !

Fettered ?  Jamais !

march 1983

jp melville

Push back the waves of despair tiding,

Step out from walls to which you have backed against,

Push, Push, Push, reach out

Grasp and pull forward, an inch, another, sweat,

Break the chains and run,

Run ‘til the morning’s sun

Rises once again,

Slow, stop, breathe, deeply, deeply,

Savour the fecund tastes of pregnant morn’s air,

Sparkling dew, unwoken shadows, colours,

The earth, roots, branches, leaves, fruit,

And walk, open senses, open heart,

Humbly.