Caged In Poem by Kerri Foxx

Caged In



I used to be free
I used to roam with the birds
I used to travel the world when
I was a little girl
But then life happened
It happened too fast
When I was only thirteen
I was forced to hear wedding bells
And my new husband?
He was abusive, not soft-spoken
Told me a lot of things
that I wish I'd never had to hear
But here I am
Being forced to serve
Him, he's not a nice guy
And then he took it too far
He raped our little girl
And cut up our little boy
I wish I had help
But I can't talk much
With a mouth sewn shut
My eyes call out to the stars
My heart tries to soar
But his hold on it now
Hurts and I'm sore
I had another way to talk
I still had my fingers
But I only got out one word before they were gone
I broke out the window with my bloody stumps
And let the now bloody paper soar
There was only four letters
One word
HELP

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: hurt
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