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The Cage

June 26, 2014
By Gabrielleamar GOLD, New York, New York
Gabrielleamar GOLD, New York, New York
11 articles 16 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Le vent se lève il faut tanter de vivre" –Paul Valèry


A constant tap of the swinging lock,
Unlocked,
Against the golden bars,
Keeps me awake,
The cool, and empty air bites my shoulders,
And stings the veins that crawl,
Like a thin ribbon of water,
Through my parched skin,
Dust coils around my fingertips,
As I listen to the noises,
Hollow gunshots,
Agonizing shrieks,
And the howls of men barking at other men,
With bruised and bare feet,
To run quicker,
To die quicker,
I listen to the roar of everyone in the world,
Gnawing at each other for their freedom,
As smog crawls up my nasal cavities,
Like a snake choking my throat,
Smothering my asphyxiated lungs,
I hear that outside world,
Once rich green,
Is now flourishing with sordid metal forests,
Clothing the earth,
Like ants coating rotting bodies,
And the clocks are ticking,
Along with the throbbing of our hearts,
Some broken by lost love,
Others hushed by disease,
And all these catastrophes,
Are devouring me,
Scraping at my pulsing brain,
Like lion claws,
Tearing at my flesh,
As crimson blood stains my skin red,
But when the world is crumpling and calling for help,
I curl into a ball on the cage floor,
Holding my knotted stomach and dizzy mind,
I pretend I’m nothing but a dying crow in a locked cage,
And I let my own fear freeze my shuddering bones,
And sunken soul.



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on Jul. 1 2014 at 10:59 pm
Gabrielleamar GOLD, New York, New York
11 articles 16 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Le vent se lève il faut tanter de vivre" –Paul Valèry

thank you! it means a whole lot!!

on Jul. 1 2014 at 10:54 pm
Gabrielleamar GOLD, New York, New York
11 articles 16 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Le vent se lève il faut tanter de vivre" –Paul Valèry

thank you so so much!!!

on Jul. 1 2014 at 7:47 pm
CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND, Spencer, Iowa
53 articles 40 photos 204 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone. -Andy Biersack
Sometimes you gotta fall before you can fly. -Kellin Quinn
You made me hate my own reflection. -Sleeping With Sirens

I felt as though I was tangled in the story, as I was reading it I couldn't look away. I believe you are a great writer with a lot of great ideas.

on Jul. 1 2014 at 7:40 pm
TheComet PLATINUM, Mostaganem, Other
22 articles 1 photo 439 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret" -Ambrose Bierce
" Be yourself! Everybody else is already taken ;)"
"Don't go where the path leads you. Go instead where there's no path and leave a trail ;)"-R.W.Emerson

OKAY THAT WAS STRONG !!! I believe you have a great talent and it's surely one of my fav on this website ^_^ keep writing please and never stop. I'll always keep an eye on you to see if you have anything new so... I'm waiting ;)