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Freedom
Chains tug at my wrists
Rocks dig into my bare feet
I walk blindly
My hands balled into fists
My dress hangs limply
My body too starved to hold form
Rays of sunlight stab at my back
The sweat forming there glistens
A man
Lizard-like
Carries my chains in one hand
Trip, stumble, fall
The red-brown dust puffs into a cloud around me
Specks of dirt settle in my hair
I keep my eyes shut
I lie there
Enveloped in the earth
My beaten, broken body swallowed whole
Yet the dust clears and my bonds are gone
My stomach doesn't ache
My throbbing headache vanished
I can see again
A man far ahead
Looks back
Entranced by the sight
Of freedom
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