It is amazing how circles …
can be the closing of a journey,
full of mystery and wisdom,
fullfilling and perfect,
a confusing psychedelic move in life,
when one is too crowded and too lost
to connect
or the suffocating grip
of a metal ring around the neck
of somebody who is a person
Poem written on the Read Write Poem forum, «Writing Invitation», after reading a narrative from an enslaved person.