My Gilded Cage Poem by A.J. McKinley

Masked within this human shell
Burning in my personal hell

Awake again but blind inside
Asleep, I went, after I cried

Alone I wait within this scream
I tried to live but lost my dream

I needed truth but found only lies
My heart turned numb when my soul died

Tired now but cannot sleep
Broken again my company I keep

I drank within the cave of light
My thirst became my driving sight

Around me my darkness dwells
Silent, my voice cannot yell

I tried to speak but found only rage
I live within my gilded cage