No one sees the bars when the jailer is your mind. Who do you petition for freedom? How do you escape the confinement of a space that is with you always? Even when you appear to be free. It is critical of you, more than…

A Wine’s Life: Glass bottle contains me Putting me on display Waiting ever patiently For someone to whisk me away Alas, there is a hand Firmly grabbing hold A voice happily remarks This one is quite old Suddenly the pressure eases The air I can…

Trapped in a narrow and hollow abyss As the time slowly tick-tocks away The four walls grow smaller, the scenery dulls Each minute, each hour, each day There’s much time to think about life as a whole The journey of trials and truths As the…

I roam, the edges of this small cavern, my hands running along the damp walls I sit alone in this crowded room, the chatter deafening, words bouncing, thoughts screaming, then I forget and all is quiet, sleeping in my prison..  

Everything is closing in. I live in a castle, with gargantuan rooms And regal tapestries But, I’m feeling more like Rapunzel- Trapped in a tower In this state, I have no power The more I perspire, the smaller things become. I am trapped Everything is…

She did not stay locked in the Cage made of gold For she herself was a bird With a heart of gold High was her flight Sharp was her sight Fierce like an eagle She flew up in the skies Infinite skies were her home…

its warm in here and so coming out doesn’t seem right questions arise as to whether I should go I can’t anyway, it’s not time yet I suppose she decides when I can come out or maybe it’s me who gets to choose but if…

I know, I know. People say, ”Allergies are a first world problem.” ”Get over it.” As a child, I never complained About scratchy eyes and throat. My little kitten was too precious to be told that she was the cause. My whole life has been…

Write a poem about being stuck in a very small place, actually or metaphorically. or Write a poem about being locked out, actually or metaphorically.

Twelve next month, that preteen brink. I have a new step-daddy, a new baby sister too! Momma is so happy, I think-                   with everyone but you.   Says I must deserve the welt from the tops…