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Gwyneth Box

 
First published in Roundyhouse magazine, April 2002.
 
How can I write,
caged in by walls,
smothered by cushions
and draped curtains?
Even my balcony is barred
like a prison cell.

Outside in the street
the trees grow tall
reaching towards the sky;
the swallows circle high above the roofs:
I see the setting sun shine
through their tail feathers.

If thoughts could free me,
if words could carry me aloft,
I would follow them:
Treetop,
   rooftop,
      stars…

In my room
I have placed two mirrors
opposite each other.
Between four walls
I have caught
a fragment of infinity.

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