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My Prison
March 18, 2019
My prison's made of brick of bone
which troubled thoughts echo throughout
but go unheard by all the rest
For one lone cell controls my breath
I walk the halls so paved in red
and greet the guards who once were friends
who gathered in my humble home
with messages of care and hope
that put the rosy walls to ease
the ones that trap me as I speak
Pulsing with my beating heart
It so controls with just a spark
a spark could set me free at last
my prison knows me much too well
controls my thoughts and moves my flesh
My sentence here is set for life
and from it I cannot escape
without the loss of something more
and dreadful as my cage may be
there must be another way to be free.
© Grace Elizabeth S.
Malden, MA
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This peice was written when I was at a very low point in my life; when my mind felt like a cage I wanted to be free of. It originally had a more sinister ending, but as my mental health has improved, it has taken on lighter tones. I hope one day I can revisit this poem and write it in a completely postive light.