Locked Inside -- a poem


Locked inside, no one in sight, alone and afraid
‘Let me out! I don’t want to be here!’
Screaming in my head, angry and demanding
I’m scared, thinking they might be hiding, watching me


Looking out the windows, hands on the frame
Scraping my fingers, feeling for an opening
‘Help me; they forced me to be here!’
Echoing through my head, louder each time

Tucked in a corner, knees drawn up high
Tears flowing, eyes wide, yet empty and lost
‘Why, please, tell me why they put me in this place’
Whispered through dry lips, repeated, like a chant


Giving up, head falling to the floor, eyes now closed
Tears dried up, none left, no strength to move
No more questions, no screaming voices heard
They left me here, locked inside, alone, and I give up

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