An Uneasy Lesson

I am free
I forget that often so
I tell myself that
I am free

I cannot make it so
It is so
I am free
It is so

Free
Inside a crack
Deep in a crevice

Free
In a hole
With no way out

Free
In a cell
With bars and guards

Free
Tied up and blind

I tell myself
To teach myself
The ways of the world.