The Agonist

Sont-ils prisonniers? [French: Are they locked in?]
Devrais-je les lib?rer? [French: Should I release them?]
This seclusion frightens me
What happened to youthful armies,
Manicured gardens,
Proud role models?
Now I sit
Dependent zombie
Longing for the physical
One can't destroy energy
One can only transfer it
What if I never acknowledged reality
Could I avoid it?
Broken tree roots curling up as if to grow towards the sky
Inverting gravity and plummeting angels to hell
Grabbing air pockets to free yourself
You trip on extra limbs
And crumble in
The dirt feels cold and soft
Seems so foreign yet so welcoming
You hear the Earth breathe and for a moment, laying there
Get an internal perspective
Molecule mix and flesh confuses with elements
You aren't sure about getting up
Perhaps the trees were right and merging with the Earth is
The way to live for centuries
Coffins float upside down like cumulus
Knock and see who's inside!
You wonder how the doors don't swing open
Are they locked in?
Should i release them?
You leave footsteps of fire
So no one can follow your tracks
I should be trudging ahead but I just keep looking back
You never told me that I would get so badly burnt
I always freeze upon contact now
So the flames don't hurt