"There is a Sky Beyond the Glass"

THERE IS A SKY BEYOND THE GLASS
for anyone who works all day--no doubt stuffed in an office with few if any windows
~L. Page

There is a sky beyond the glass
Where I by wall am enclosed--
And my hours on the day
Will walk by night the grass;

By human pace so wrecked
While on my time employ,
My spirit longs for the escape
But the bars keep out the day--

I may but gaze upon trees
And green bent by the wind
But venture only when dark
So the sun evades my eyes.

(c) 2000 Leah Randelle