I'm finally eighteen!
I wonder what the world has in store for me?
Friends, parties, and everything in between
How it fills me with excitement to finally see
Experience what I couldn't during my teens
A caged bird has been out and set free
"You're free to do whatever you want now,
But you still have to let us know where you are!"
Words of my parents that I swore to like a vow
Seems easy enough and nothing too bizarre
Yet when my first social interaction came down
Blankly did my eyes stare from afar
"Mom, I'll be going to the mall with my friends"
Ten simple words that I need to muster
Something at the back of my mind suspends
The ability to just be honest with my mother
What is it? Nothing is starting to make sense
Freedom that she gave, in exchange of just telling her
Perhaps I could instead tell my dad
But fear continued to creep further in my mind
He has so many questions to add
Delaying my request, keeping me confined
This is all in the past, I should leave it behind
Maybe my parents would finally understand
I still have three weeks left before the fun
I mulled it over and over to what seemed like forever
Time passed, my window of opportunities gone
A caged bird still feeling the immense tremor
What has been instilled to me cannot be undone
Eighteen years of imprisonment to remember
Despite the freedom, there was nowhere to flee
I feared my parents and their words that cut
Emotional wounds that will never leave me be
In the end, I went back to my cage and tightly shut
The metal doors that leads to a happier me
When will I open it again? Maybe in another few years
Maybe when the fear is not a threat
Possibly when these eyes no longer sheds tears
A sliver of chance that my parents eventually forget
I am no longer a five year old child they could snare
Until then, I shall drown in the sea of regrets
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Red Wine
Ficção Geral❝What better way to have a chat but to talk about it over some red wine and fine cheese?❞ [ Writober 2023 ] Cover drawn by me
