I was sleeping
Like a child
Till awakened
By anguish & cry
I thought
I was in mother’s lap
Warm & secure
Till realized
I am caged
Walls are closing in
I scream, I cry
Voice wobbled
Words lost me
Words paralyzed
Sobbing soul
Fluttering wings
To fly to freedom
Space to breathe
Wings are bleeding
World is choking
Pride is broken
Pitch blackness
Unending ditch
Unendurable pain

Never did I realize
Luster destined
To brighten
The haze of ignorance
That surrounded