I'm held in a cage
With no lock and no key,
I'm forced behind bars
When I want to be free.
I'm trapped in a world
Where I cannot be me,
I'm stuck in a place
Where I don't want to be.
Can't you see,
I just want to be free.
Is it too much
To ask for a friend,
Or for this excuse for my life
To happily end?
Is it too much to ask
For you to defend,
Or for my broken life
To miraculously mend?
Can't you see,
I just want to be free.
I wish I could be a bird,
And fly away
From the places where
I don't want to stay.
I wish that I could ride
Away on a sleigh
And despite the dangers,
Come what may.
Can't you see,
I just want to be free.
Free of the world,
Free of the chase.
Free of decisions,
Free from my own race.
Free from the cage,
Free from this place.
Please leave me alone;
I just need some space!
Can't you see,
I just want to be free.
I'm held in a cage
With no lock and no key,
I'm forced behind bars
When i want to be free.
I'm trapped in a world
Where i cannot be me,
I'm stuck in a place
Where i don't want to be.
Can't you see?...
Author notes
this poem isn't about my family and things at home, but more from at school and my friends. If you've visited my page you would know that i don't have many friends, but when you've been having trouble with the only friends you do have it's even worse. The people i hang out with at school and me aren't getting along very well, and i keep getting angry. I wrote this poem during one of these times, and kept singing it to myself to cool myself down. That's basically what this poem is about, then.
Contest entry: And Then There Were None... by Memoirs of a Girl option # three: emotions. agony, pain, hurt, and hatred
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First let me say your not alone, I remember when i was in school and even now in college I feel a lot of those same things. All you can do is find those, and trust me it often a very small group of friends who are ok with you being you and not hiding, but its hard.
I love this part, cuz I feel it all the time "I'm trapped in a world
Where I cannot be me,
I'm stuck in a place
Where I don't want to be."
well done keep on writing. -
WOW -
I could identify with, and relate to so much of this poem, I think that many of us will be able to identify with what you've written here -
Perhaps not to the same extent, but certainly in some way or another!
Loved the rhyming structure here, thought you did a wonderful job with it, I really enjoyed reading it -
Thanks for entering
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This is the kind of poem that everyone can relate to. I think we've all felt trapped at some point in our lives. This was very well written.
Thanks for entering!
~Memoirs
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You captured the feeling of abandonment and crying out to be who you would like to be, accepted like that...believe me I know, well written.
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I am sad for you. This is the thing called life/reality; it's not always kind. The good thing is that the world that surrounds you changes from time to time, and there will be better places, better days, better people, better feelings and later on you will be able to choose them for yourself (more often the now).
Cheers!
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Coriander....I understand...Being at school can be a hard experience, and growing up can be tough too, at home or wherever...You have written an exceptional write here...Very well done!
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I am so sorry to hear this... This poem really expresses your feelings, with a nice rhyme and flow... Great job!
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aw... it is so good! i really understand what you mean... does that make sense?
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