SLAVERY (To E. A. P.)
Reading edition
Love I am a slave, Yet free as birds above, Sold into bondage By the tender kiss of love. Lust I am a slave In the rat trap of disgust, Sold into bondage By the lurid kiss of lust. Hate I am a slave Prisoned by the walls of fate, Sold into bondage By the cruel kiss of hate. Crime I am a slave Behind the bars of time, Sold into bondage By the leprous kiss of crime. Death I am a slave No longer in my breath, Given sight of freedom Through the graciousness of death. Still am I a slave In the hand of destiny, Thought alone enslaved me And thought alone can free.