Caged

I cannot breathe

I cannot pray

I cannot sleep tonight.

I cannot speak

I cannot cry

I cannot sleep tonight.

I cannot sing

A heart cannot beat

I cannot live tonight

I cannot think

I cannot blink

I cannot function right

Function right….

There’s a disease running rampant in these veins

I ache for music

Blood red notes running to my heart and brain

Letting love make the most cherished sounds

At last

These sounds make my soul ache

The memory of them

Taste, taste, they feel so sweet

Sleep….

I am the half of the whole

It said unto me

I’m afraid of light and sound

Of me

Of you

Of night

What’s wrong and what’s right?

….you once told me what I want,

That no one else mattered,

No influence outside

Only in,

That moment of reflection

Grasp of reality

Tears brought to my eyes.

I know what’s right….

Dreams, we used to once upon a time

A fairy tale ending for you and me

Felt so real

Was it a lie?

Dreams….they say what I cannot speak

What I don’t dare dream….

You coming back to me.

Words used to resound in my head

Poetry, art

Creations of beauty made in slices

Sigh in contentment

Happily lazy fed

A banana for a monkey in a zoo

A zoo,

I am caged

By whom?