Inside

Tears bathe the walls

in tremulous sobbing,

tasting rooted seeds

of hovering tension.

Soul leashed

to dark floorboards,

wilting in gloom,

permeating room.

Water stained ceilings,

pungent debris,

clipped wings,

and layered skin.

Room full of silence

and eroding bones.

I’m locked up

inside of a man.

I beg to be free

I want to be me.