Trapped

What can someone do

When words won't come out

When they are all brewing inside

But won't manifest on paper

What can someone do 

When all the ink running through veins 

And under skin it starts to ache 

When everything in life becomes dull

If there is an escape to this sentiment I'm feeling 

Why does it seem that no one cares about it 

I'm surrounded by many

But still feel like a shadow 

Where is he? Where is she?

They've stolen everything that kept me awake

Now I only dream on how to get a hold of both of them 

Now I'm only a dreamer trying to escape reality 

I am.

I'm trying to escape the pain

That caresses brought 

I'm trying to escape the nightmare they call love

How come everyone sees love red and pink

When in reality it is all dark and violet

It destroys lives

It makes chests hurt

It shuts poets mouths 

When it is unrequited 

When it is forbidden 

When it is only on one side of the river 

Now I ask myself 

What can someone do 

When words won't come out 

To say all they want to say 

They just remain quiet 

Yet they burn their cage 

Yet they mean nothing 

Because they were not said 

To those they were meant to 

They will never be said 

They will remain shut 

Hermetic 

Mere conglomerates of sentiments 

Forming a weak barrier around 

A heart who used to love flagrantly 

I just don't know what can someone do...

DA 2016