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poetry/g/the-golden-cage.txt

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+The Golden Cage
+2019-10-09
+
+***
+
+emboldened by sadness
+embittered by those
+who would meet you with winter
+you bite the thorns with the rose
+
+a bloody mess on the tile
+from mother's womb, freshly torn
+struggle to breath the poison air
+in which you were born
+
+the golden cage shudders
+the door swings wide open
+
+but you don't move.
+
+you sit there and stare.
+
+you tricked yourself into believing
+that it was your time to die
+and when the sun showed its head, you found out
+you'd lost the will to survive
+
+a tyrant in the home
+and a sorcerer in the garden
+conspire to make their kid a doll
+to watch as her once lithe limbs harden
+
+a dislocated jaw
+that only speaks when given scripts
+and a spine that's nothing but
+that collapses come a kick
+
+the needles come to play again
+you've already convinced yourself
+it was just a matter of when
+
+and they pin you up
+like the christ they adore
+
+and the red flows like syrup
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander