Caged

CAGED

Himself enclosed, the one

did not deserve the reputation

as his brother's keeper,

as if his body were the bars

that beg at least a roughing up

if escape is the hope, 

which it is. He too is subject

to the harsh treatment 

of the bound, harbors hopes

for open waters, the same hopes 

found in who he sleeps beside. 

It is the work of tired minds

desperate for dichotomy 

and reticent to believe 

that all may be set free 

which pries the two apart, as we 

tell ourselves one day the ribs 

will be when the soul escapes.