I find the world outside too be cruel
I lock away in body and mind,
As today and tomorrow renews
Impending future seems so sublime.
I’m crippled by agoraphobia
I step outside and my head will whirl,
All the common outside aromas
Waft through the bars of my locked off world.

I have a yearning I can’t control
Every time I glimpse the world outside,
I want to join the world as a whole
But when I try my innards just die.
I give in too my life so alone
As I retreat too far to unfurl,
Into the world outside I get shown
Through the bars of this little locked world.

I’m trapped within this singular cell
Introverted so far, no return,
Some see an intolerable hell
But for me, I’ve accepted and learned,
That solitude may not always be
An abyss into which you get hurled,
If you don’t care for what you can see
Through the bars of your locked off world.
27/08/08 ADO