Dangerous

05/12/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I am dangerous



Not to anyone else

Just to myself



I cannot escape



Feeling trapped

Is a way of life



I see no rainbows



My head won’t lift

That high these days

Stuck

24/09/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



I am stuck.

I slipped over,

I fell down,

And now I’m stuck.



My toes are jammed.

They cannot move an inch –

Not wriggle or jiggle or squirm –

They are all jammed.



My foot is trapped.

It’s wedged in

Tight as it can go

And I’m definitely trapped.



My ankle is wedged.

It’s unable to be extracted

From this encasement;

It couldn’t be more wedged.



My calf is caught.

Held tight by the vice

That cannot let go,

And it’s certainly very caught.



My knee is pinned.

I cannot bend not straight it

To make loose this grip

That has it well and truly pinned.



My thigh is held.

I must wait

Until help arrives

And my thigh is not held,

My knee is not pinned,

My calf is not caught,

My ankle is not wedged,

My foot is not trapped,

My toes are not jammed

And I am not stuck anymore.

Trapped

12/08/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



I am trapped.

Caught between

Obligation and

A freedom that

Seems to be

Just out of reach.



I am cornered

By a family

Who loves me

For who they think

I am but not who

I am on the inside.



I am besieged

By emotions I

Shouldn’t have to fight

But cannot quell

And leave me

Bereft of strength.



I am stranded

And alone

In this world

Of make believe

That I have discarded

As a folly of youth.



I am held hostage

By beliefs not my own

But foisted upon me

By generations

Of unquestioning

Devotion.