Uncage Me by Nada Adel Sobhi - Poem

She hides

She hides

From the intensity of the light

She cries

She cries

From the horrors of the night

 

I see her

Blocking her ears,

Pulling her hair,

Screaming at her fears,

Sitting with frozen feet bare.

I call out her name

But she is barely there

Fading right before me,

Disappearing from light to air.

"Uncage me!"

She once told me.

But how do you break someone free

From the prison they fashioned for themselves

And threw away its key?

"I'm coming!

I'm coming!"

I shout.

But behind the barrier

That is her prison

My words are weightless

Incapable of breaking her high walls

"I'm coming!

I'm coming!"

But within her mind, she hides,

In the darkness, she cries

And I am left to toil

To set her free

From the cage of her mind

One she has so well enclosed herself in

"Uncage Me!"

The words linger in my mind

But how do you break someone free

From the prison they fashioned for themselves

And threw away its key?

By: Nada Adel Sobhi

Written Sunday, 26 November 2017 at 5:00 am

The above poem was inspired by the image, which is the 75th picture prompt in the Takhayyal/Imagine writing prompt series. Post your own poem/piece inspired by the image here.