I drifted off on a warm summer breeze
There were no good-byes or tears to cry
Like the turning of a page to a new chapter
A different place, a new life, a strange way of being
Above the roads and trees and lakes
Floating higher than the birds and planes
Gravity holds me down no longer
Pure spirit in the world beyond
Am I alive or light or energy
Am I you and me and all that is
All that could be
Every potential disaster
Every possibility of joy
I hear you speaking to my home
But I have gone away
I’ve grown
I’m the tree standing in the forest
I’m the placid calming lake
I am the tallest mountain
The fastest winding snake
You ask me if I heard you
That and one million sounds as well
The scraping of the seam against my shoulder
The sock against my ankle shouting
That fly around the ceiling light is buzzing
Light hits a dust mote like a drummer drumming
I know you
And your violent ways
I’ll come back when you are finished
And speak gently to each bruise
One day I’ll take my body with me
One day I wandered well away
One day I was through with you
You melted in the river
Dissolved into the sea
You’ll never cross my path again
On that day, I will be free
So long now, I’ve been free
