Fences

Poetry Prompt - Write a poem using the prompt: "chain-link fence"


Chain-link fences separate me from you
Chain-link fences turn the sky from blue
To rainy gray rusty patches
Some brown some copper, nothing matches
Chain link fences convolute faces
Keep me from going to the places
That draw me closer, closer to you
Keep me from doing things I could do
Like running, running, running free
But this chain link fence is holding me
Back from freedom - open skies
Keep the sunshine from my eyes.
Clearly marked metal boundaries
Like that foamy line between land and sea
Keep the freedom far from me
But I won't rest until I see
Sunlight and open sunny space
And that smile upon your face
Saying
             Welcome home, welcome home.