Surely, it can't all be this

I realise
I can't be free

Thought I was in a forest, now
that am the only tree

I climbed higher, scraped
faster
harder
Mauled and clawed

Now am up all alone
Raising,
voices that spread abroad

Too many choices, yet
noises adore,

Surely, It can't only be this!

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Namirembe, Kampala Uganda
5/12/14