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

Trapped

July 25, 2014
By GirloftheMoon SILVER, Cincinnati, Ohio
More by this author
GirloftheMoon SILVER, Cincinnati, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.<br /> -Dr. Seuss

View profile

We were grains of sand
Slowly moving down the funnel
Falling to our death.
Not knowing one flip could resurrect us again.
With time we went farther down,
Dreading the loss of time,
But we need not worry
Because the hourglass shattered
And our time wasted away.
But before we could escape,
The glass was repaired
Somehow
And we continued to sink.
But she, oh she,
That one grain of sand,
She made it through the cracks.
Free from the cycle,
Determined to change her path.
But what she did not know
Was her fate had already been determined.
And her only liberty
Was that of a bigger hourglass.
And so she was still
Just a grain of sand
Slowly moving down the funnel,
Falling to her death,
Not knowing one flip could resurrect her again.

© Gary C., Pequannock, NJ

The author's comments:
This is actually about abusive relationships and how the children of abusive parents are often determined to break free but are more prone to be the same way when they are adults.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
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 Moon
By Izzy Hare BRONZE
Camano Island, Washington
Izzy Hare BRONZE, Camano Island, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Time
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
The World of the Present
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
Hanging leaves
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
Man On The Moon
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who&#039;s left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won&#039;t answer my call.&quot;

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.