Once I met a poet
who spoke freely :
Free the lions from their cages
Free the lines from these pages
Some people’ll step all over you
if you give yourself away for free
but if you charge what you’re really worth
they couldn’t afford the fee
Free the lions from their cages
Free the lines from these pages
I see the Treadmarks on your face
The poet set up a poetry toll booth
discovered some people pay for Truth
but this took a toll on THE POET
Free the lions from the cages
Free the lines from these pages
I see the Treadmarks on your heart
Roar
roar
Roar
What’s more
free
than the sound
of
your true fierce
voice
escaping
erasing
retracing
Roar with me
The poet kept roaring free verse freely
invited anyone passing through
who was free enough
to listen
Free the lions from the cages
Free the lines from these pages
Roar
roar
Roar
roar with me
And the ones who were most free
roared with laughter
Free the lions from the cages
Free the lines from these pages
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Sheree Fitch considers herself more rhymester and storyteller than poet but plays with words every day. She writes for all ages and her award winning kids books are on a second generation of readers. She can be found at www.shereefitch.com
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