Confined behind invisible lines

Thoughts and actions expected to abide

By rules left unsaid, yet implied

Too often to be forgotten

Place one toe on the other side

And suffer at your own peril

Darting eyes penetrate your soul

Loud whispers mock the bold

Lines play across sands

Moving towards new lands

No longer can you see freedom

For restrictions will extend

And capture your spirit again

Many have crossed over,

They have fled limitations imposed

But only few have succeeded

In carving a worthy life

Out in the wondrous wilderness

The rest have succumbed

Still trapped in linear lives

And envy those victorious

Men and women

Who are no longer bound by

Invisible Borders and Boundaries

Looking out

Over the hills

Rolling hills

Of gold and green

Sending my wishes

Over the sea

Peaceful sea

Of blue and green

Dreaming a dream

Of when I could go

Far and far away

Alas!

I will have to wish

Until my dying day

Strolling along

Stopping there

A cold fence

Of black and grey

Running my fingers

Over the metal

Wishing until

My dying day

That I could

Just once

Go far and far away

Because happiness

Is what I have longed for

From now

To then

And going there

Is more than I

Could ever ever get

I'll sit

And wish

Again