Wistful Verses of Love & Loss (Poetry Collection)

Encaged

Before I leave this once-enchanting stage

I think...

If I could turn back time,

I'd go before we first met

and command my footsteps

so we walk in parallel lines that never intersect.

Or if I could control fate,

I'd hold you tight against me

and let our hearts beat side by side

so I could never taste the sourness of regret.

Or if only... I had enough will within me,

I'd leave your images behind

and lock you out of my mind —

So then

I'd be safe from the piercing thorns of heartless coldness

where I lie in my little world I nickname —

Cage.