The wind, it cast me from border to sea, and back again for score.
My back was aching, my mind was weary, my patient smile was sore.
I wasn’t one to complain in the light, but in dark I could wallow in thought
Of how it had been, and what it would be, and if ever we’d find what we sought.
I trekked the wide prison, chin high but held silent, pretending it all was the same
But not a thing was the same, everyone else was to blame, and that’s when the breaking point came.
I was ready to snap right in half every day
‘Til near eyes took notice and came striding my way.
They helped my dead heart, they chased back my fresh tears
They made me laugh, my eyes twinkle, my joy choke out the fears.
They recognized the pain or at least tried to assist
I was enveloped in smiles, it was hard to resist.
At last I was free
The world didn’t despise me.
I couldn’t be brought down.
Shining brighter was the crown
Than ever before;
My ropes cast to the floor.
And then the wind cast me again.