WRAPPED

I stole myself away.

They didn’t know how strangled I felt.

The umbilical chord still attached

wrapped tightly round my neck.

 

I didn’t mean to hurt anyone or put fear in their hearts.

I wanted freedom, I wanted a new start.

 

I said goodbye to only a few

not the ones that mattered.

I wrenched a heart, that was easy to claim.

He kept his promise, but cried all night.

 

I didn’t realize the pain I had caused

when setting my pain free.

I wanted freedom, an apartment and

of course my own key.

 

I was missing, no where to be found.

I was happy, delirious with joy, while

they were crying, worried and scared.

I had no idea, I didn’t care. I was free.

 

Was I alone? Well I’ll never tell.

I went missing, they were in hell.

Do I regret it? I guess in some ways.

 

I wish there had been, a better way