One Day I’ll Fly Away. Photo by Hayley Roberts. For The Sunday Muse Prompt #66.
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Waiting here before this wall of burnt brick reaching high above my head
freedom seems distant a mirage shimmering in the distance; promised.
Hope deferred makes sick the longing heart, but in this sliver of breaking light,
the echo of the promise rings, one day I’ll spread my wings and fly away.