Rage

Rage

I feel the fire in my soul

Every cruel word you spoke

etched in the smoldering brimstone of my heart.

In my strength, I have become weak.

Long have I been blind

If I cannot see love does it exist?

The rage inside of me burns all who dare to come near

I am lost in this abyss, and you put me here.

When will I look into a mirror and see

the beauty I once saw within me?

My nervous ways and insecurity

angered you

So I hid away

You released your rage

upon the cage.

I made myself.

I am ever existent, vibrant within this shell

but no one can tell.

I didn't realize.

My safety would be my solitude.

I am a stark gray beneath their color

I am muted.

Brilliance under cover.

Here I shall remain.

Until I find my freedom again