Closing in
shrinking from within
Pushed from the sides
parts of myself to hide
Opinions
heavy
from the world
mind unfurled
I can’t win
when I take it all in
Worrying about what to say
I didn’t mean it that way
smaller still
am I losing my will?
There’s so much to show
locked inside, I will never know
walls, so easy to tear down
yet, I’m afraid of being found
powerful and relatable—you are becoming unboxed, we all are. Thank you, Jane.
I hope this poem is about one of your characters and not about you. I’ve found the truth set me free of such oppression. The walls stopped falling when I let the light in into my shadows. The pieces I feared would crush me…they just dissolved. With my thoughts. And then, I woke up from that nightmare entirely.