Caged In Shame

Wish I was anybody else.

Hiding behind this mask of self-affliction.

I’m addicted to this sickness, another victim of the prescription.

Inside this shell, craving the infliction.

I keep slipping farther, always a martyr.

Another day, another week, another year.

Nothing ever changes, drowning in the fear.

The blood that smears, the blurred faces that sneer.

Reality is unclear, stuck in a time lapse.

My walls collapse, fill in the cracks.

The whispering dust tells of a better life.

Trapped in a paused animation with the adoring knife.

Beyond the bitter, behind the broken, lies what remains of the unspoken.

I was fed the slogan, I choked on the blame, caged in shame.

Author's Note

Inspired by the song Bother by Stone Sour. And as always please let me know your thoughts.

Reviews

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I had never heard the song you refer to, until now, and I am happy it has inspired this write... this is not a genre I would have slipped into on my own but I like the song... and of course, your poetry is a perfect complement... you take the song and create a personal monologue out of it... I always look forward to reading your poetry because it is written with such rawness and honesty; you hide nothing of the pain and suffering, writing with self and worldly awareness...

in this piece I sense someone feeling imprisoned by the world around her and her own self-infliction born out of society's brainwashing 'slogan' and held down by shame...the only remnants of a better world lies in the dust of memories that peep from the scars and around the medication when it starts to wear off... and she sees herself, the poet maybe, as a martyr, willing to slip farther and farther so that others might not...

Great write, great title and an awesome complement to the song... well-done, Twiggy!

[Bear]

Wow! Powerful and dark, it reaches out and slaps you as if to make sure you are paying attention. I don't see anything that could be done to improve this poem, you keep this up and you could be writing lyrics for a living before you turn 18 :~)

[Emily]

That was a vary powerful line to start it off!
Well done!
Keep it up!!