The Song of the Prisoner

I have been walking all along

I have been walking all alone

I look back and I see the mirage of my past

I look ahead at the trail left behind by a clown

I am walking, yes, I am walking, back to my home.

Entangled in chains of breath within me is my soul

I keep on hearing now and then a sad piercing howl

“This journey is not what it seems! ” -the cry echoes again

“You are going to lose everything that you think you have gained.”

So I am walking, yes, I am walking, back to my home.

The prisoner sits in his cell repairing his wings

He has got to be ready for the day when summoned by the King

The journey is not what it seems, now that I understand my pain

I cry along with the prisoner, to each other we are chained

So we are walking, yes, walking, back to our home.