Houck

Screaming out-loud  
there's a cry for help  
       Bright prospect's  
getting put on the shelf  
   
             You don't take me so serious?  
                  Well, how about this?  
       I'll take my last breath
    & leave you in bliss  
   
  
  
  No escape  
no answers  
just a one-room box  
with no windows  
   
Shadows of fear  
chasing our dreams  
A lid closed tight  
holding in our screams  
    like a maze with no exit  
a treasure with no map  
Why weren't we told?  
   This game is a trap!  
   
Is there an escape?  
Who will be lost?  
We've already paid the price  
    Now
how much will it cost?  
   
       Inequalities  
trampling our efforts  
Shines of pain  
choking our lyfe  
  Only love
can save us now  
& spare us    
the edge of a knife  
   
Wait!  
a light  
 at the end of this tunnel  
Just inches
   from the brass ring  
There's a sign of Hope  
for even caged bird's  
are still able to sing...