His mind was dancing
while his feet were firmly anchored
to the unyielding ground.
It has long been this way
his mind demanding a freedom
his body is incapable of granting.
But in his dreams his body has
infinite flexibility, can move
as the mind needs only to imagine.
those moments of freedom, he knows
will depart when the day once again
imprisons him, locking him
in an inviolable reality, all
the while as he waits for the staff
to lift him into the wheelchair
where with a motion of his head
he can move about the center
that is now and will be his home.