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Captive Within : Simile Poetry

written by Poet : EC


My skin grows much too tight
now itself a corset of whalebones
the skalp turns into a helmet
all of it ten times too small
and I am that little flame, still alive
flickering in all this tightness
desperate to find a way out 

Originally Posted On Site: 2009-07-20 12:59:07
Last Login: 05.22.12


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