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FREE AT LAST I danced through life My feet moving so fast I could not see them The music Lifting my body up and carrying it through its steps Never has a body so resembled music Climbing higher and higher Until there is nowhere else to go but down Diving, drowning, descending Never has a body fallen so far and so fast And I am free And I am free And I am free At last
Join Barry on May 17th for Dark Shadows (online event) and on May 31st for a poetry reading. If you’re in the LA area, join us in person! Can’t make it to LA? No worries — you can livestream it from home.
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