Desire

Desire

My life is in chains

Life; in a bottle

Desire

Seeking an escape


This poem was meant to express the simple yet extraordinary feeling of being trapped. I'd read the poem, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", and it left a certain impression on me. The assignment was to, again, make a poem out of titles from other authors. So, out of a page-long list, came this. The first three lines were titles, and the last line was from my own self. And now you know.