Barred Windows

By: Jacob Ramirez

I seem to be caught in attraction.
Pulled into non-stop directions.
Thinking there is always more.
Until I find those acts a chore.

What is it that I need?
To quell this desire that I can’t help but feed?
Lying like a beast in a cage.
Growing more docile as I age.

I know this is not where I belong.
Yet here I am, wishing I was strong.
Kept in chains that bind me to the floor.
Blindly searching for a key to the door.

Why could I just see?
The jailor had always been me.
Staring from both sides.
I am but a man, and a beast.

I must release myself from my prison.
Left to explore the world at my own pace.
I, will be the master of my own time and space.