Love Poem: Cursed To Be Me
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Written by: Lyndell Cadasse

Cursed To Be Me

How do I escape
Now that I’m trapped in
Jack in the box feelings
My heart the handle you turn on 
Make love jump out my mouth
Like the fool I am

How do I run
No legs boxed in 
Face painted embarrassing
Shades of incoherent 
Ramblings intend to 
Plant trees in long
Deforestation has taken
Its toll on you

How do I flee
Wings clipped 
Life stripped void
Of physical feeling
Left with only physical
Dealing bad hands
Losing countless games
I still strain to keep
My head above the 
Waves cover me in their
Power

Your power devours me
Your will empowers 
My depression
Insistence on dancing 
Cloudy ledges
Falling continuously 
Head over heels in
Evil puddles of
Lust

Yet you still trust
My lies meant to paint 
Scenic words the
Same wing clipped birds
Try to fly through my sky
But stuck in their nests

I’m stuck in my nest
The twigs chain my legs
I’m unable to move
No escape 
No running
No flee I’m
Cursed to be me