The Invisible Walls

I’m held tightly back in a cage

Of boundaries I can only see.

I shake the bars with rage,

Screaming to break free,

But it’s all inside my head,

These anxieties and fears,

Through which my hopes are dead,

On those I’ve worked for years.

I want to be with you, my love,

I want to run away from this,

Catch a cloud and fly above

To a place of quiet bliss.

I want to run away from pain,

From the obligations I bear,

I’m starting to go insane

For things for which I only care.

It’s all in my head, I tell you,

I know I imagine it all.

I love what my heart finds true,

But I work on the stupid and small.

Come and pick up your mighty sword,

And cut through the barricade,

We’ll run before They say a word,

To a paradise where I’ll serenade

You with sweet kisses and sighs,

You’ll give me a toothy grin

And the twinkle of your sky blue eyes

Will make me wonder why I’ve been

To this place only now,

Why haven’t I been here before?

I could never think of how

I could want anything more.

But I can’t take the step yet,

The prison calls me back.

I sit back down and let

My sweet love fade to black.