Invisible Cage | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Invisible Cage

Invisible Cage

December 8, 2012
By A.McGrath SILVER, Zurich, Other
More by this author
A.McGrath SILVER, Zurich, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.&rdquo;<br /> - Leonard Bernstein

View profile

Bars.
I can't get past them.
They're cold, hard, unyielding.
They hold me in.

They trap me,
Confine me,
Imprison me in this cell.

My body is bent,
Crammed into this cage,
From which I cannot escape.

All I want is for someone
To reach a hand through the bars,
And wipe a tear of my cheek,
Tell me it will be okay.

But the bars are invisible to them,
And no one thinks to try and get me out,
Because they don't see my cage.

© Yara K., Bethesda, MD

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Lost now found
By BarrelRacer GOLD
Huber Heights, Ohio
BarrelRacer GOLD, Huber Heights, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Bring The Challenge or Eat My Dust.

View profile
Poetry
Secret Crush
By C.J.H. BRONZE
Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
C.J.H. BRONZE, Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.&quot; August Rush(2007)

View profile
Poetry
Warrior
By Poe_poe SILVER
DeMotte, Indiana
Poe_poe SILVER, DeMotte, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
you see me
By XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER
Des Moines, Iowa
XxUnforgivenLovexX SILVER, Des Moines, Iowa
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
to be or not to be that is the question

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.