Original Poetry Fan Fiction ❯ Caged ❯ Caged ( Chapter 1 )

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By: Bitterness
Erm... I don't really consider this all too dark...

Basically exactly what the outside summary said, otherwise.

Abuse is not something that is all-too-pretty...

Miscellaneous: Original Poetry Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Horror / Psychological | Type: Poetry | Uploaded On: 10.20.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 504 | Status: Completed

To trust is to die--
It's to die alone
Apathy is all I'm allowed to show
I cannot cry, or even moan
That's the law you made that you set in stone
 
You merely ignore me--
You brush me away
If I'm lucky, you'll look at me,
But your eyes are astray
 
You might even scorn me--
You do that a lot
You'll sneer and you'll taunt,
But your face is full of want
 
Have you ever considered that I'm human, too?
Has the thought ever crossed
Your tainted thoughts?
No, I don't think so, as you ask me with ease--
And your expression begs, `Explain to me, please--'
“What's it to you?”
 
Well, it's all that I am!
But why you care?
I'm nothing to you
The only thing I see in you
Is a traitorous scam
 
But what am I doing?
Why do I care?
Am I so broken inside that I'm stuck way back there?
I can't stop mourning my lost life--
You took it from me
 
Now it's all turning into a blur
I'm filled with two things now--
My vision by unshed tears
And my body by palpable fear
 
But I can't shed the tears
That want to overflow;
They're held back by the fear
That's collected for so many damnable years
 
And I can't bring myself to say I hate you
You're all that I think about--
I'm sure it's the same with you, too
 
Why are we like this?
Why is this our fate?
Why are we forced into this lasting love-hate?
 
“What's it to you?”
 
That's what you told me
And so is this:
“If you want to live, you'll listen to me
I can't let you go, though--
I can't let you free
 
So, I'll clip your wings,
Shatter you soul, brake you to bits, and tattoo your skin,
You've entered a fight of wills--
A fight you can't win
 
So let me cage you
I promise it won't hurt--
At least after a while
Your sanity's thinned into a very fine thread,
And if that thread snaps, I'll leave you for dead
 
Just pretend it's alright and smile
The lie'll seem true after a while
If you can't go along and play this ole game
Then I'll beat you down, and fill you with shame--
So much you'll even hate your name
Smile and laugh, poke jokes, and seem gay
And if you're asked if you're happy, don't you ever say “nay”
 
You're ugly and stupid, and also a bitch
You're dark and weird--you might as well be a witch
No one will accept you
No one will care
I'm just like you, too,
But I'm the only one who will accept you and treat you fair
 
These games I play
Are not abuse;
The potter needs to form his clay--
Put it to use
That's all I'm doing to you
So don't tell anyone, or I'll be forced to kill you
And then them, too
 
The world is cruel
But I am not;
I'll protect from words
You have not yet fought
You cannot hear them--
They'll turn you away;
They'll pull you away from me
And I can't let you stray”
 
To trust is to die--
It's to die alone
Apathy is all I'm allowed to show
I cannot cry, or even moan
That's the law you made that you set in stone
 
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…I know it's too much to ask for reviews, but can I ask that you not judge this by its corniness? It's—uh… well—um… kinda… Nevermind. No idea what I was trying to say.
 
And my work is… awfully rhymed and kinda darker… sorry if it bugs you? And wow, I actually had the urge to post more than one thing! O.o