Gepeto’s First Creation: Pinocchio Poem by Jeph S. Walker

i wont be
restrained by you.
your strings will never
bound me.
i hate this body
in which i am forced
to reside in.
and no
i dare not
lie to you.

oh how i long
just to be real.
to feel the warmth
of my flesh against
another.
to smell the sweetness of
everything unkown to me.
and no
i dare not
lie to you.

black and white
drowns my eyes
with half vision.
fulfill my sight
by flooding my
world with color.
i'm done being
this wooden shell.
take your chords
from my limbs.
how dare you
try and play me
for a fool.

and here in
this damp cave
with you.
i pray you'll know
it's not you
i resent.
but the life
in which I've
been delt.
and no
i dare not
lie to you.