Have your way

I should have seen it coming

Cliched as it sounds

The walls were closing in and

I

I didn’t learn to run

Didn’t learn to breathe on my own

Pinned down under illusions

Of a fairer trade

My heart

For your whiny greed

Unsatisfied despite your luxurious fate

I was content to exist

And you were content to make

My personality fade

I was your little pet

In your cruel gold cage

While you weaved your endless

Wants around my head

Like poison ivy in my dreams

They made me dream in nightshade

And you

Bully that you are

Were simply content

To let me drown

In the lake of guilt you made

Waters closing over my head

No sounds

‘Don’t speak’ you said

You would have your way

 ~Rei Shiori