in a laaarge cafe more like a gallery

narrow and metallic

i met a girl who planned to fly away

the only way was to steal a capsule 

and leave the planet

she had to do it under the noses of the bureaucrats

the warmongers and their male bosses

because she was a girl and not only a girl but a prisoner of the system itself

what they were keeping prisoner was her intelligence

kept in this grand cafe full of metallurgy 

utilising geomancy to place fear within the others

but she could see right through it

they kept her a prisoner there because they were scared she would free the others

this was true she would do it

but she also knew that the only way was to save herself first

to hide as if asleep for a time

and when they came looking for her 

to use her gown of grace to evade the guard

she would flit slowly often like a candle flame

and with the help of the others underground

she went undeterred by the ignorant bureaucrats 

she climbed the steps right in front of their very eyes and they didn’t stop her

they let it happen because she believed it so much and had such strong power of will that those who wished to stop her the most also believed in her despite themselves

and they watched her climb the stairs to the capsule

only when it was too late did they get wary

and run over to find her sealed beneath the glass pressing palettes

they were brought back to their senses so quickly

they did not see the error of their ways but quickly decided that they had been right 

and so destroyed their own egos because her victory was inevitable

they were perplexed

they thought they were the only ones in control

but even this did not humble some of them

so they went on destroying themselves and throwing the blame at each other

during which time she was exploring the universe