Captivity

Don’t deny me this. Not now.

I have no say.

I say I know how,

But you claim there’s no way.

I sit on the floor, utterly powerless.

I stifle a moan.

Sand slips through the hourglass.

Just leave me alone!

I catch a glimpse of what you build:

A roaring fence, of fire.

A part of me is feeling killed.

You’ve trampled my desire.

On the dirty floor I kneel,

Pleading that you set me free.

I’m not just another life to steal.

I am a person, see?