All the World's a Cage



I walk further than I have before
Along the silent, sandy shore,
I step one foot in front of the other,
I step from one world to another,
Everyone is lost and I am lonely,
Here I am, by myself, the only.

The blue-black waves roll in,
In this night without lies or sin,
They’ve taken me, the wind, the sea,
Swirling and swishing all around me,
The light of the moon laughs
And beckons the ocean’s unruly wraths.

Pushed or pulled, I cannot tell,
Far out of my control to rebel,
Into the water, deep into the sand,
Caught between the ocean and the land,
I’m choking, sputtering, dying,
Almost giving up, done trying.

Before my last breath expelled,
My mind escaping where it’s dwelled,
I’m carried up, onto a wave,
Carried onto a coast wise and brave,
Dawn is breaking, the faintest of light,
Banishing the call of this, this night.

With that, I am where I belong,
Nights and days, I’ve gone so long,
Piece me together, reign me back
From an Earth so bold, so black,
Unleash my rhythms for all to see,
See what happens when you let me free.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCC DDCCEE XXFFGG HHIIJJ KKLLCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,020
Words 195
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6

Kassandra M. Konecny

Kassandra Konecny is a lover of listening to music, hiking in the mountains, and observing the way people act. She began writing vigorously when she was fourteen and will hopefully never stop. She has had her fair share of trials lately, and tries to encompass nearly every subject there is to study into her writing. Kassandra plans to study creative writing and psychology. She's 17 and currently lives in Utah with her family. Contact her at kassandrakonecny@hotmail.com more…

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