Little Piece of Paradise

Home wasn't always  
behind lock and key.    
White Coat claims to be  in charge    
And he thinks I'M crazy.    
   
Caged by sterile white walls    
The Imperfections, my friends    
Visiting when darkness falls    
They're real, not pretend!    
   
A dirty glass square    
Framed in solid wood    
Thick iron bars installed    
to impair the outside view    
   
Gazing past the iron    
into the outside world    
"my little piece of paradise"    
infiltrates my mind    
   
A rusted iron fence,    
the boundary of my dream    
green grass and flowers beds    
sadness hovers, I refuse to scream    
   
The smell of Autumn    
my shaggy dogs wet hair    
a Sunday BBQ,    
free without a care    
   
A sandpit full of toys,    
Kissing my mum's cheek    
It's just not fair!    
To me, she refuses to speak.    
   
The sound of the mower,    
dad's preparing for the match    
Cricket of course!    
competing for the catch    
   
Family gatherings    
enjoying the sunshine    
Memories of my paradise    
becoming harder to find    
   
Playing in the mud    
dirty from head to toe    
Laughing as a family    
Now, I'm just rocking two and fro    
   
Our family created    
an everlasting bond    
never will it be broken    
Though I... alone    
   
Disappearing in the blink of an eye    
Concerned about their whereabouts?    
Doubting Thomas, am I?    
Left on holidays, they did not DIE.    
   
Desperate to break free    
from this distorted jail    
Longing to see my mummy and daddy    
Their scent I'll once again inhale    
   
Where is teddy    
My wall friends are calling    
I'm hungry    
Is dinner ready    
   
When I remember, tears form and    
I stare out the window    
Remembering my time    
in my little patch of paradise  
   
And I, alone