Imprisonment

In my cage there is but a solitary light

So sad and dejected, like me

It twitches and it sputters, threatening to cave

My only little friend, hang on! Or I'll be left

Alone in the dark

How I scream and I plead

My voice as hoarse as a chain-smoker's

My eyes so red and puffy I can't see

I scramble at my bars for the opportunity to be free

Hoping for blessed mercy

If I could only leave this prison of mine

Chained down by familial love

Smothered by innocuous well-being

I'd pursue those dreams of mine outside this home where

I find only captivity

Well-meant, it isolates and chaffs

My spirit, unable to wait,

Dies like the little light bulb

Leaving me alone in these dark confines.