some old acquaintances

someone
a ten thousand years old
mute
and scared
woke me up last night.

it was between a cold morning
and a disturbed evening,
i was trying to sleep.

my master for the longest time,
she got calm when
i fed her what she needed

there were times
i was about to be killed
or wounded and needed an escape
she wiggled the chains around her body
made noises
said no with the corner of her eyes
i felt she said
are you sure
you can?
isn't is scary out there?
she made me late
she made me miss my train

she waited for me
at every step in and out
of my room
warned me
no, you are too alone
my dear
don't go, try
find someone to help you
try listening to them
they love you
you don't get love, hope
gods or civilisations so easily.

it took me so much time
to learn
that i was tied to her.
tired,
yet each and every loop
of those knots
i thought i untangled
with patience

and last night,
she came back to me again,
the slave inside me
a ten thousand years old
mute
and scared.