For three days I am nowhere
I do not exist
For three more days I am somewhere
in pain
At night my mother sneaks in and helps me learn
how to walk on wounded legs
She tells me she has enough money
to purchase my freedom
I remind her that our first owner already set me free
She cannot think of an answer,
we both know it’s true
I’m already free
in this land of dreams and legends
island
of fantasies
where I almost
exist