INVISIBLE FENCES

A friend was randomly telling me 

about how their mother worked for a company 

that created and sold wireless systems 

that contain canines inside set boundaries. 

They do this via transmitters, and receivers 

in dog collars. When a dog moves beyond 

the range of the collar, the signal breaks 

and the collar beeps, vibrates or shocks the animal. 

These systems are called: Invisible Fences.

When this phrase entered my ear,

it was like I was hearing a high-pitched whistle,

it was like the hackles on my back raised up –

which told me I knew something 

about systems like this.

I have one. It was installed long ago

as a complex structure of limiting beliefs.

I am in the process of dismantling it.

Hidden inhibitors and restrictors 

have no place in my house any more. 

Containment is no longer a creature comfort 

I want any part of. I am ready to roam free.

The collar’s coming off.

I am done with receiving signals 

that tell me – go no further – 

that shock me into submission.

This pup is going off leash.

I am installing a new system 

that cancels the cancelations.

No more broken signals, for me. 

It is all open field and wild play 

from here on out. Woof!