It’s all caged up
Ferocious fear and
Fanatical feeling
Pressed against golden bars
I put my palm against the lock
Hush
I sing it all into a blissed-out daze
And then burn it, cool it, make it hard
Call it strength
Pray it doesn’t break
And rattle my ribs once more
But if this was a story
We’d all see it coming
Nothing can be caged forever
It will die and rot the bars off
Or it will rage and explode them through your skin
Hush, I say when the explosion begins
But it will not
It does not hear me
It demands to be heard
It is me
I demand to be heard
Hush, I beg to those burned and broken pieces
They singe healed scars
And crack against the walls
That I built up brick by brick
Sturdy and true and they withstand even this
But waves wear down mountains
In time
It wants a carnage for every minute
I called it by the wrong name
And this time the carnage comes
In salty tears on my cheeks
And I know that this is a mercy
So I say thank you
And I listen
And try not to know
All the ways I can sing it to sleep
Lock it up
Burn it
Cool it
Make it hard
Call it strength
All over again
With Love,
Natalie