My Tower

Today I stood in my tower
Watching people fulfill their duties.
Clocks ticking in their heads
Conscience like ropes
Holding them down.
There's nowhere for them to go.
No place where they can fly with the wind
And sing with the ocean.

Then a man jumped off the top of my tower.
He tumbled and fell
Until a parachute appeared
And saved him.

I bet that in those moments
When he was falling
There were no clocks ticking
In his head
No conscience
Holding him down.
He could fly with the wind
And sing with the ocean.

From the top of my tower
I saw people checking their watches
Talking on phones
Listening to music.
I looked for people
That stop to look at the sky
That smile for no reason.

I found none.

Sometimes we need to get away
And jump off towers
And experience freedom
And empty minds.



I've been tired the whole day. I'm going to sleep soon.