Insanity

Slamming on stone.

Knuckles bleeding.

Breaking of bone.

Desperately pleading.

Heart pounding,

Stomach reeling.

Pulse bounding,

Trapped ceiling.

Shrill scream

Cracking silence.

Bad dream

Evoking violence.

Mama’s voice:

“Open your eyes”;

Quietened noise;

Walls were lies.

Warmth and light

Lift the veil;

The world in sight

Melts my jail.

Stars align

And knowing sets;

Clarity shines,

Unknots the nets.

Only a glimpse

Of joy today,

As I flinch

In sudden dismay.

Darkness falls,

Lost and alone.

Giant walls,

Mindless moan.

Tired and kneeling,

Mind is worn,

And somehow a feeling,

I’ve been here before.