Caged Heart Poem by Katarina Rheeder

The clamour of my heart beating against its bars of reason is deafening
My chest is tight and confining
My mouth is dry and unreliable
My hands are shaky but warm
They seek you
Not to touch you
But just to know you are there
My soul longs to sing
But must settle for hushed mumbles
My skin glows
Awaiting the hand that will never brush it
My heart sinks
Knowing it will never rise like it is meant to
Knowing that I have cheated myself
Knowing the truth that I can reveal to none
Especially not to the one
To that cruel man
Who taunts me in my dreams
How I would slap his defiant face
How I would hold him
So I could breathe again
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe