Submitted: Jul 6, 2008
Reads: 70
Comments: 8
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The cage
All four sides
All bars all black
Surround me bind me
I’m trapped
I’m gone
If I stay there’s food
If I stay there’s warmth
I can only dream
Beyond the bars
To tear one apart
With a shiny blade
Or a heavy bat
To hear the bones crack
To feel the skin tear
And see the scarlet flow
To see the face
Of the lonesome stranger
That crossed my way
At the wrong time
In the right place
I sit again
Behind my bars
And stare out
Whilst others stare in
And I eat
My cold dinner
Regardless of its taste
Or the filth
Around me
I can only dream
Beyond the bars
Of dragging the heavy sack
To the nearest dumping ground
Or canal,
And watch the sack
Struggle and sink
And the screaming stops
And the sirens start
After several days
I can only dream
For one more day
As tomorrow is my last…
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hi, just wanted to say i got the idea from 'silence of the lambs' hope you like it!
Posted: Jul 6, 2008
Very disturbing, which is good, powerful and sad... I enjoyed it, would you check out my poem Mothers love I think you will like it also..similar but personal to me
Thanks Sonia awesome writing
Olwen
Posted: Jul 6, 2008
oops I mean "when he was young' LOL I am a fan now
Olwen
Posted: Jul 6, 2008
wow-how creepily good and evil this is...because it is probably exactly the way a psycho murderer would be thinking day in and day out behind bars, awaiting his final day....perfect insight into the world of an evil mind^~^
Posted: Jul 7, 2008
Good Girl Gone Bad
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OMG Sonia cool poem, very creative...Best of luck wid ur future
Posted: Jul 14, 2008
i like this one!
L ♥
Posted: Jul 14, 2008
very dark mind you have.
very well written.
terry
Posted: Jul 15, 2008
Very disturbing, but that is exactly the reason why I like reading your poems =) I really like your poetry Sonia, it is utterly undescribable. I could eat all of your writing up and still crave for more... :) Maple
Posted: Sep 5, 2008
