{"sf1_id":681321,"sf2_id":"0mvk9k4n","title":"#BoundlessFreedom","author":"Mekali Amayas Kaga","words":533,"posted_at":"2014-03-18T04:43:00.000Z","tags":["Boundless","Emotional","Poetry","free verse","freedom"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/681321-boundlessfreedom","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/0mvk9k4n","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/5b/cc/5bcc89eb-5700-4a83-b416-451182ba85fb","description":"#3 of Poetry\n\nI've been feeling a little stuck lately, so this one may help you or any other furs feel better.","content":"As I look into the night sky\n\nLooking at a far away star\n\nI want to reach out and say hi\n\nYet I realize it is too far\n\nThe night is an endless black\n\nSurrounding me with darkness\n\nI know to watch my back\n\nFor life is not painless\n\nLife can hurt us in a split second\n\nWithout any rhyme or reason\n\nDetermined to keep us down\n\nFrom spring to the winter season\n\nI stare into the air\n\nWondering what else is out there\n\nI want to get off the ground\n\nEven if it means weighing a pound\n\nMy eyes become tired and heavy\n\nJust like an oversized Chevy\n\nIt would appear to seem\n\nThat I am beginning to dream\n\nI can feel myself moving around\n\nI have a sense of floating\n\nMoving effortlessly around my room with ease\n\nIt won't end, which is what I'm hoping...\n\nMy eyes open up wide\n\nAs I look down by my side\n\nMy body is resting at peace\n\nAnd all movement has ceased\n\nNothing feels natural now\n\nI think something has changed\n\nI look in a mirror and see how\n\nI can see I've transformed\n\nI don't know who this is\n\nThis is an unfamiliar persona\n\nBut as I look closer\n\nI see I've become my fursona\n\nFrom my head to my tail\n\nMy body feels kinda tight\n\nBut there's no need to wail\n\nBecause this feels all right\n\nAs I float towards the window\n\nAnd pass right through it\n\nHovering right above the ground\n\nI stare into the black pit\n\nI look closer and begin to focus\n\nIt becomes very clear to me\n\nThe sky isn't dark at all\n\nThe cosmos show themselves to me\n\nInstantly I shoot into the air like a rocket\n\nWith no intention of slowing down\n\nI know I'll reach the stars soon\n\nFor I am indeed space bound\n\nI escape the pull of the Earth\n\nI fight will all my girth\n\nIt becomes very clear\n\nThat the stars are very near\n\nI feel a wave of emotion\n\nThat fills me with glee\n\nBecause there is a notion\n\nThat in this world, I can be free\n\nI notice there are others just like me\n\nThey're dreaming too, so far and so high\n\nThey too have a sense of boundless freedom\n\nFloating around weightlessly just like I\n\nThey come greet me and I go greet them\n\nAll different sizes, shapes, and colors\n\nDoesn't matter who you are or what you look like\n\nWe accept each other as sisters and brothers\n\nI realize this is where I belong\n\nThat everything will be just right\n\nI know this will be a good time\n\nFloating around in this endless night\n\nSadly, this dream has ended\n\nAnd I have awoken once more\n\nFor as long as I have great friends and family\n\nLife will never be a bore\n\nI look outside and see my friends\n\nThey look up and wave back at me\n\nFor if I didn't have them by my side\n\nI would never truly be free\n\nI only live once, so I should have fun\n\nRegardless of what happens, I know I'll prevail\n\nBecause nothing can ever stop me\n\nFrom happily wagging my tail\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/681319-goingincircles.json"}}