BEYOND RUSTY BARS Emanual J. Marquez
Looking out beyond the horizon of the chained and barred window the blue creature yearned for more. He longed for the freedom of the dragons and the bears. The wolves and the sheep but the blue creature was denied this freedom. He longed for the freedom of the past although, to some extent he did not know this. He longed to laugh and play like the little blue creatures used to ways before. Back when his grandmother was nothing more than a blossoming seed in a rapidly changing world. He longed for this faintly, even if he did not know he did. His mind was absorbed by something else, something more pressing, something more dangerous than bars on a window. Because to escape the imprisonment of the room all the creature must do is leave. But what could the little creature do to free himself from the darkness that resides in his palms. The LCD screen that spread darkness into his mind and encapsulated him with a thirst of useless knowledge. He longed to be outside but now no longer know how to talk, how to speak, how to express himself. What will the little blue creature speak to the dragon, and bears. How would he play with the wolves and sheep. Anthology 6
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