Getaway

I sing,
I laugh,
I dance,
I thumb my nose at reality.

I run,
I play,
I holler,
I will never ever return!

I flip,
I spin,
I fly,
I reach for the sun.

I dream,
I float,
I grin,
I swim through the clouds.

I twist,
I turn,
I dive,
I find I've never been so alive.

I grin, laugh,
I feel the wind in my hair,
I think of worries and problems --
I find that I don't care...
I don't care!

  -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey    6.10.99