I JUST WANT TO...

Break Free

by 

Frank Asch

I just want to be

where the earth breaks free

of concrete and plastic and gas,

where sun is king

and water is queen,

where cactus grow tall 

and the air is clean.

I just want to be

where the earth breaks free

of fences and alleys and walls,

of factories and traffic and malls,

where owls sleep

in the heart of day

waiting for sunset

to hunt their prey,

where mountains rise

in seas of sand 

and coyotes roam

across the land.