I feel like a prisoner
Trapped within these four walls
Young I am
I should be free
I cannot take leave
Without causing pain
I cannot leave
Without hurting badly
I have only two
Kinds of freedom
Work and love
Take me away
I ask
That is all
I ask
Set me free
Like I should be
Make me happy
The way I am
Don’t let me be
The Phoenix
Who tries to escape
Its misery
Set me free
Let me no longer
Suffer this pain
Take me home
And let me be
Love me please
That is all
I ask…
2008102©
A poignancy to this one, like a trapped bird in a cage, it reads well, flows smoothly.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Your desire for freedom and salvation is a feeling I can strongly identify with. Your direct, almost succint, language really drives the desperation home.