Locked in and locked out both at once; So slow, I convinced I’m a dunce In all the social niceties. Some friends help, other like to tease the encumbrance. Locked in when I can’t leave my bed For the pain in my back, legs, and…

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…

Stuck inside Four walls With no way out But it is where You put me How nice and neat For you To keep me here But I Don’t belong here I ain’t no damn Jack in the Box Where you can shut the lid On…

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…

Nothing hurts There’s nothing to Be stressed about All is right And good in the world Everything is perfect (Book 99 #19331)

It’s dark in here And narrow I can’t seem to make headway Because I cannot see What’s in front of me Or behind   If I stretch my arm out What will it touch I’m so afraid to find out Yet I cannot be idle…

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…

I look from the outside, trying to get in All I can see are the people inside. Having such fun, laughing, grins Out of sight, I am out of mind. Tears they stream across my cheeks I reach out a lonely hand I touch the…