"Caged"

     Hi guys. Here I am again, having not posted in awhile. My excuse is that I've been pretty exhausted lately. Anyway, I thought that I would share another one of my poems with you. If you don't like depressing things, I would suggest not reading this.
     This poem is called "Caged" and it was captured because of a moment, but I think it also sums up how I have felt throughout my life. I have often felt trapped, like I cannot be myself, or I have no choice. It is very hard feeling like you are in a cage, and there is no key or even lock. It is simply something you cannot break free of.
     One of the things that I've tried to learn is to appreciate even the small moments of freedom. I have also tried to learn how to be free within my cage, which is a rather contradictory sentence. However, it is possible. But this poem doesn't speak of that. It speaks of the most helpless moments in my life. Maybe later I can write a more hopeful poem. But right now, this is me.

     "Caged"

Deeper and deeper 

Into the floor I sink

Chains no longer strain

In freedom desperation

I lay my head down

Submission finds my soul

Through my walls tears slip

Overwhelming helplessness holds them

Suffocating and drowning

My mind and soul hide

Bars hold everything in

Longing to be outside

Powerless to resist

Rules set long ago

Determine my fate

I am caged

~Clarissa