PRISONERS OF FREEDOM

i promised to walk along
life's lonely paths
with you
but why
did i
hold onto you
so tight,
and lean on you so heavy,
that i lost myself
completely
(becoming smaller and smaller),
while you walked ahead oblivious,
wrapped up
in your own thoughts,
your needs
and beliefs...
i should have let go of you then,
but no -
i chose to drag along...

breathless
bruised
bleeding,
and competing,
with the only thing that mattered
ever
to you...
... your freedom.