A Glass Wall

For too many years,

And too many fears,

All of the pain with

The sadness and tears.

Caught in that bell jar,

A transparent glass wall

Unable to reach out and

Removed from it all.

The world passes by, the

Deafening silence within,

I am trapped in the present

Like a laboratory specimen.

I want to pound on that glass,

Shouting "Let me out now",

Hoping someone will hear

my frantic pleas and sad vows.

But it is I who must slip under

That brittle glass wall, hoping

Just to be free from the pain of it all.