If I should stray too far inland. <br /> I’m stricken by anxiety <br /> for reasons I don’t understand <br />I must stay close beside the sea. <br /> <br /> I am quite free to walk the shore <br /> and leave my imprints in the sand. <br />But forbidden to explore <br /> the secrets of the hinterland. <br /> <br />I see laid out in front of me. <br /> A patchwork quilt of different hues <br />To which I could walk easily <br /> although I try my feet refuse. <br /> <br />They simply will not carry me <br /> My minds command they disobey <br />I cannot cross the boundary. <br /> It seems I am condemned to stay. <br /> <br />Close to the sea whose jealousy <br /> is such she will not let me go. <br />She is afraid that I might be <br /> tempted by the winds that blow <br /> <br /> across the uplands easily. <br /> To venture so far I forget. <br /> that I belong to her, the sea. <br />She hems me in without regret. <br /> <br />Held prisoner against my will <br />I dream of one day breaking loose <br /> to see what lies beyond the hill <br />Where I would go if free to choose. <br /> <br />I do not think the sea loves me <br /> although I am fond of the sea <br />I would prefer to be set free <br />to enjoy them both equally <br />1-Mar-08<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/possessed-for-doc-wilde/
