For the past 21 days,
I have had my arm in a cage.
They call it a sling.
But where my arm resided
was what
wild birds
are put into.
When they should be flying... instead are losing their feathers.
Or even worse,
where they are captivated
until they start to even forget what the sky looks like.
Well this,
was my arm.
I fell
and the shoulder smashed out
into the world
like
an
exclaimation point.
And it took all the kings nurses
and all the kings men
to put
me
back together again.
And now my cage is broken.
My once wild arm no longer wilful.
And it cautiously strains
to peer into the world.
When
once
a time ago
it was peerless.
