To tell you the truth, it took me two false starts to have this poem come out, so I guess the third time really is the charm! Not overly optimistic again today, but oh well!
Caged
The cages of childhood
Holding you in
The fledgling sense of adulthood
Beating the bars
They bind the ties tighter and you start
Screaming please don’t–
–
Don’t try to keep me here
Don’t cover my ears
Don’t blindfold my eyes
Don’t blackout my world
Don’t think I’m happy here
Don’t chain me here forever
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But no one’s taking off the covering
Shining light in
The chains binding your aren’t
Getting any looser
You get the sinking feeling no one’s ever
Letting you out
My Life is a Notebook 