Of all the fictions

Fantasies and fairytales

Of all the feckless

Vices and indulgences

None leave me more puzzled

Walking through hallways

Of judging eyes and voices piercing

Pushing and pulling

Tugging and tossing me

Into games I've averted for ages

But soon the strings attack

To my limbs they attach

Despite all my logic and reason

Using my body to give away

Everything my soul contains

Foolish are the many

Who lose themselves this way

Tricked by my own heartbeat

Devilish and dubious prattle

A fool of my own making

I won't be deceived again

For all the gossiping horde

I blow you one last kiss

Forever in your debt

Undoubtedly

The only free love I see

Is finding my own way

Out of this terrible place

Where judging eyes and voices piercing

Cannot defile me

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Written by Daniel José Soto