THE OPEN-GROUND
To symbolise freedom from surveillance, discipline, and feminine performance.
At last.
No ceiling to keep me.
No walls rehearsing
the shape I hold.
The sky asked nothing,
except to be seen whole.
I walked,
not arranging myself.
Hair stroked by air,
mouth left bare,
hands drained from performance.
The field lacked judgment.
The wind erased advise.
I have never looked softer
than when I became.
Once settled,
I blinked.
Autonomy restored.
