My body is a cage, racked with pain.
My mind is filled with rage.
I seek an escape that I can not see.
I know somewhere there is a key…

I search for that illusive thing.
For I know it will bring me happiness
And allow myself at once to be free.

But my body holds me in this place.
And now I must humble myself, often in disgrace.
I remember 18, I remember 21.
But my body is a cage and it seems my days are done.

But I know there is a key…
And it may be in my mind.
But I think, I thought, I wondered,
Maybe I left it behind.

So onward I go in this self-prison of mine.
I stumble, I wobble, I fall.
I seek forever, just simple peace of mind.

Oh, my body is a cage, it keeps me in my place.
It tells me what I can and can not do.
And I feel such shame and disgrace.

So grant me, Oh Lord, the freedom to fly.
Grant me the chance to spread my wings
And not in this prison of my own doing, die.

Release my spirit now unto the eternal wind.
Let me feel my youth free from this cage that holds me in.

Take me to new heights, Dear Lord.
Take me out of this valley so low.
Raise me up upon a mountain
High above the fallen snow.

For I want to reach the stars.
I want to touch the sun.
I want to feel like I once felt,
Before this body wrapped in this cage became undone.

I thank you now Lord and I hold true to your word.
I shall seek, I shall look for a safe harbor
where once again, You and I are one.

J. Allen Wilson © 7/22/2013

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