Imaginary Bonds
Bonnie Michael
Like rings around Saturn
the furies of her life encircle her.
Not knowing she is the planet,
she gives them power.
Her prison sky looms endlessly.
Her other lives were long ago:
she cannot seem to remember them,
cannot seem to find their moons.
When the time is right, she will know
the galaxy is more than Saturn-
she is not held by imaginary bonds
nor blinded by falling stars.
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