Prisoner Within My Mind Poem by Katie Anon

You say to just let down the walls around

They are what keep you trapped in the dark

They were built from hurt to keep me safe

But now they have become a prison cell

And locked inside I have lost my faith


You say you must begin to trust

And then the prison will magically disappear

But trust does not grow easily for me

It is not something I can just procure

And the path to it I can not see


In sharing I have to fight against shackles of fear and shame

And in the moment these so often hold me back

These chains have not loosened over time

And I do not know how to get out

As I stay locked in this lonely world of mine



You ask why I stay in here as if it were a choice

I find it unbearable but do not know how to escape

I know the walls are within my mind

And that makes me sadder than I can say

Because a way to leave this lonely place I cannot find