Grounded in the present, clouds come down

Surrounded by people but no one’s around

In this place it’s just me and my thoughts

This world around me, I’ve completely forgot

Gliding with birds or flying through stars

In this whole universe, everything's ours

A voice appears, asking “can you read?”

In a haste I wake, grumbling “where are we?”

Stuck at home but not confined

Free to wander just outside

Branches swaying side-to-side

Nature is only but too kind

Days are bright and full of sun

Somehow we have broken the curse

Though times are tough it could be worse

6 feet’s easy when there’s room to run

Grass and twigs jut out

Like spears lodged in muddy earth

The eels lie in wait

Fortress, tall and strong

A thousand armies lay siege

Not yet at their end

Leaping up to breach the walls

Streaks of silver through the air