the runaway

you shackled
me
i broke
free

you tortured
me
i suffered
for
a moment

then
you thought
you did
me
a favor

by turning
me against
my
father and
mother
and my
sisters and
brothers

you
only united
us and
showed the
world
how primitive
you are

i shuffled
and you
thought
i
was
lazy

it was
so your
food would
be
cold when
you ate

you thought
because
some of
us
stayed
that we
all did
not
run
away

we
all ran
away
when
you tore
us from
our
homes

you
can torture
our
bodies
but you
can never
touch
our
souls