I'm trapped
I look out of the window and see this world
that isn't mine
this life isn't mine
I'm just a puppet,
everyone around me holding the strings Controlling where I go, what I do, what I say
Controlling how I think, how I feel, who I am
I'm just an animal stuck in a cage,
powerless
a fish stuck in a tank
I tap on the glass but it doesn't budge,
doesn't break
instead, those on the outside tap back at me
mocking, laughing
laughing at my struggle to survive,
to be my own person
I can't escape, I can't get out
I stick up for myself and it changes nothing
I try to break away but I get pulled back freedom doesn't exist for me
I do what others want me to do,
never complaining, never faltering
but I am tired
tired of getting pulled every which way, never having a voice or a say
When is the day going to come,
when I won't have to fight to be myself,
make my decisions, have an opinion
I just want to be free