Relate, Reflect and Ruminate: The Cage

Because sometimes, emotions don’t fit into bullet points and I have a flare for the dramatic.

For those feeling trapped by expectations, facing aloneness, and seeking empowerment through self-acceptance.

Take me as I am

Not as you wish to see me

It is a cage you lovingly craft

Out of good will and good intentions.

I am resigned to the capture

Unable to escape the face which views me

Life a swung focus

A dog trained to endure.

Empowerment possible

In the image of the captors

Stockholm strengths a reflection

A dog crippled yet still dangerous.

Aloneness a coin of beauty and curse

Freedom to roam unbound

Reminders and masks

Desiring an illusional self.

Description is impractical

Binoculars trained on a ship sailing to the horizon

Zigging and zagging off its "chartered" course

The captain singing, a melody that you may never hear.

Other Creations:

• Want to Read a Poem?

• Keen to Explore More Topics?

• What about Bite-Sized Wisdom?

• Or maybe be allowed into my Inner Sanctum

• Would you rather Come Back Later?