“Caged” is a poem by Leila about feeling trapped by personal struggles. Enjoy!
Caged Cages are like a barrier They protect you from the world that’s supposedly even scarier But the feeling of not knowing what’s beyond Endlessly stirs to form a pond And as years pass and that pond grows That curious feeling eventually overflows My hands grip the cold steel bars Covered in rust like the color of Mars I shake them with so much force that this old metal Plummets to the ground like a rose petal As my feet touch this new surface I feel my face burn like a furnace A bright flame ignites within Tears streaming down to my chin As I am no longer bound by these chains I can soar through the skies like a crane But in the distance I hear waves crashing I look up to see lightning crackling My body jerks up My pupils turn large, like a lost pup That’s when I realize I didn’t escape I simply dreamed of a better place