One Word Wednesday....Echo

Echo…

reverberations against my soul
crossing endless miles
the melodies of Nature’s song
and I feel the vibration.

not the canyon of greatest magnitude
but the footsteps, two pairs, one pair
unworn paths come full circle
and I see my life mirrored

catapulting off gray cement walls
guarding danger, trapping fear
four, six, eight sets of steel metal doors
and I force deafness upon my ears

bitter words of cruelty, deception
haunting, burning through the years
freedom only found when
I hear and then I release

Echo
the sound of the earth
footsteps of a life
danger and fear and cruelty
and I let go
Echo