Caged by the Mind

I am an animal
stuck in a cage
looking out at the world
sometimes I am content
and then I just want to be free
although I never will
I'll always be
an animal stuck in a cage
I cannot cry out
nor can I move
my mind is stuck replaying
the horrors of my life
my hand and paper meet
ink describes my pain
isolation, suffocation
when will I be free
of the cage I set
around myself
will I ever trust the world
enough to let it go
and be an animal running free
with strength to fight
the pain, the confusion