In my thoughts
I am ever free
to drift away
and imagine
anything this
mind can forge
on its turning
wheel, even go
to places beyond
the reach of this
mortal body and
fill this mind with
the lewdest fantasy.

Yes, I am free
even if I be in
life’s chains and
caught up in all
the care and longing
I’m supposed to have
for all the trappings
of this world, but
in my dreams, I care
not for such things,
only for what I create
in this other place
not material, but
just as real.

27/5/2023