Early Stages

Let Me Fly

I'm being strangled
I can't breathe
A fire has started
Inside me.

The chains, these shackles
They won't let go
They've captured me
I'm trapped.

They pull, they tug
I'm being dragged back
One metre forward
A mile back.

This bottomless pit
As dark as pitch
Trapped in this ditch
I'm scared.

I'm being restrained
They won't let go
I'm surrounded by nothing
I'm lost.

I try to break free
I try to run
But I know there's no hope
I'm defeated.

But it's a bottomless pit
So it started from the top
There's light above
Is that hope?

I scream, I yell
Destroy my despair
Please take me out
Let me fly.

~

Is there anything that makes you feel like a prisoner? Perhaps, someone around you or something within you? Have you ever felt like you're falling or something is pulling you back?

Sometimes, our reality can have us feeling trapped inside ourselves. Sometimes, it seems like no matter how much we try to march forward, something pulls us back even further. Like something clipped our wings and chained us to the walls. 

You know, thinking back at some of my first few poems, a lot of them had to do with feeling lost, trapped, imprisoned, confused, and pleas for prospective freedom. I guess that would make considering how closely written some of these poems were to that one period/ year. Some even within.

Have you ever went through a particularly difficult part of your life that, after it passed, you're grateful it happened even though you never want it to happen again?

Anyway, until next time, 
Ade Alethra