The Twisted Kingdom

All I want is the freedom

To be who I am,

Say what I want

Do what I want.

Instead I’m trapped,

Caught in a spider’s web

And everything is in shadows.

I’m imprisoned in my own mind now

As well as the outside world

And I can’t get out.

I try to run.

I can’t.

I try to break free.

I can’t.

I try to hide

And end up deeper within my mind.

If I go any deeper

I’ll lose myself.

I’m being suffocated

As effectively as with a pillow.

My actions are stifled,

Restricted, condemned before

They’re even thoughts.

I can’t say what I feel.

I can’t show how I feel.

What can I do?

I have no one to turn to.

There’s a storm building

Inside of me. A swirling

Mass of despair and hopelessness

And soon it will emerge

And I will self-destruct

As my mind shatters.