Title: Micah
Existence: Micah Bartow
City: Oxford, OH
Year: 2025
-: I think I saw a photo of you as a child. Today I met you in person.
What does a nightingale ask for more than to be free to sing?
What is freedom? An internal state.
He turns the corner and sees a secret place,
Only he, with his clairvoyant eyes, can see it.
He has faith, he knows it exists.
He enters the place and pulls a chain, a whirlwind lifts him into the air.
His body becomes distant,
He rises,
Nor is his body his master.
He flies away,
His heart remains,
Nor his emotions hold him back.
He rises,
He sees the earth,
His home is gone...
Inhabitant of life,
Your long hair like antennae.
He twists in a bellow,
A cunning nightingale,
He begins to sing.