I didn't know I was
Trapped
Until I met
You.
~
The walls were pressing in,
Though slowly;
Suffocating me,
While I pretended not to notice.
The darkness consumed me,
As the light that was my life
began to dim.
I thought it was normal.
Normal,
as my eyes adjusted
to the lack of light,
my lungs to the lack of air.
Adjusted to the merciless pain
This world gives.
I was alone;
Glad about it at that.
Glad that no one else had to
Suffocate;
That not one else
Walked blindly
Beside me.
Then a door opened.
Light poured in,
Burning my eyes at first;
The goodness disguised as bad.
Then you walked in.
You told me that light isn't evil,
and that I'm supposed to breath
In my own skin.
Told me burdens are often
too heavy for one
to bare,
but never too much
for Many.
Aug 31, 2025
Aug 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM UTC
I didn't know I was
Trapped
Until I met
You.
~
The walls were pressing in,
Though slowly;
Suffocating me,
While I pretended not to notice.
The darkness consumed me,
As the light that was my life
began to dim.
I thought it was normal.
Normal,
as my eyes adjusted
to the lack of light,
my lungs to the lack of air.
Adjusted to the merciless pain
This world gives.
I was alone;
Glad about it at that.
Glad that no one else had to
Suffocate;
That not one else
Walked blindly
Beside me.
Then a door opened.
Light poured in,
Burning my eyes at first;
The goodness disguised as bad.
Then you walked in.
You told me that light isn't evil,
and that I'm supposed to breath
In my own skin.
Told me burdens are often
too heavy for one
to bare,
but never too much
for Many.