Zebras

And my only exception

was you

To all of the careful lines;

I've drawn circles and

prisons of patterns and

mazes

around me, since forever,

again and again

The only exception there's ever been,

you joined me in my circle and helped me draw,

not traps,

but line drawings,

not mazes,

but murals,

not prisons, but poetry.

For just a little while, you set me free.

-Kristian Regale