Walled within my mind

Pounding upon walls of steel.

I ache to find,

The salvation to my pain,

The salve upon my wound

The cool hand upon my feverish brow.

My shelter has now

Become my prison,

Gilded with gold.

Strange,

when you peek inside, do you too see

A caged animal pacing wildly,

Eyes glimmering within darkness,

Aching for the freedom it never knew.