Hollow Lands

I try to walk 

in the spaces

that are left vacant 

the hollow lands

that no one 

has laid claim to 

I am as quick 

as anyone to ride out 

with fire and sword 

to take what pleases me

to set my torch

to the thatch 

but you 

are not a village 

to be plundered

and freedom must be 

what we most desire 

for each other 

before 

surrender.