Have you ever felt the drowing despair called 'life'?
Talking with people from behind a window they can't even see exists
Watching the blur of faces, smiling, walking past your solitary place
Not seeing your pain, your tears, your sorrow
They know, yet choose to ignore
'Focus on myself', they think, 'o and they'll feel better eventually'
The tears they ignore flow freely from behind your window
You smile and laugh, a mask you easily don
Keeping your true feelings of pain to yourself
Wishing for the wall to be torn down

Many times, promises from the other side have been made to tear it down
Many times, the lies are forgotten, as you eventually are
Free me, you beg, from this prision
People nod and smile, saying 'it will soon be over,
It will pass eventually, these feelings are all in your head'
So you sit and lick your won wounds,
Waiting patiently all the while for the walls to be removed,
Until you realize that they won't be gone, they never will be
The words of comfor tyou accepted were just that, words
So sit and wait a bit longer, eventually someone will come by again

Look at your tools, dull from usage of trying to escape you box
Your hammer's head, broken from constant smashing against the walls
Knives too dull to break the walls, yet sharp enough to break skin, if you wanted
Fingers bloodied from trying to claw your way out
They people outsid see and smile, pitingly
'Not trying hard enough', they say, 'try harder'
Tips and suggestions and even threats they offer, all the while shaking their heads at your foolishness
Then they leave saying they hope you listen to them this time
Pouring your heart and soul into their words
You know even before you begin: All your efforts are in vain
Not something you can accomplish alone, no matter how you try
Yet, alone you are, for everyone so concerned with self and happiness of all
Risking to help you, they risk losing some pride

Sit and wait, Dear One,
For eventually, one will come who will free you
hang on tight to yourself
After all, not all promises of freedom can be broken
Can they?
-9/1/07