Imprisonment

Mild language.. just some thoughts mostly about my dad.

All I want is release,
Someone make this imprisonment cease.

You're not your own person,
Everything around me is worsening.

I can't be free til' I'm eighteen,
I'm tired of being a teen.

Responsibility and productivity,
Sure that's what I want but you're holding me in captivity.

You don't think I'm good enough to do things on my own,
You act like all I do is prone.

This isn't fair,
I'm f****n' tired of being ensnared.

You want this from me and that from me,
But I tell you what Mom and Dad that ain't me.

I just want to be free,
Mom and Dad please don't make me plea.

You put up all these restrictions,
I can't help but wonder if they're convictions.

Stop being impatient with my soon-to-be spouse,
You don't know nothin' about his house.

Give it a rest,
You're making me really stressed.

Can't you see my depression?
Don't you feel my aggression?

My lover is the only thing keepin' me alive,
All your "authority" is killing my sex drive.

Leave me alone!
I just want to be my own.

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

The venting in this one...drawing the line...so to speak...within the confines of this write...the tension...the back and forth keeps you in as a reader...just raw and emotional distress...just gets to the point of no return...

[Sami Khalil]

"I just want to be free,
Mom and Dad please don't make me plea.

You put up all these restrictions,
I can't help but wonder if they're convictions.

Stop being impatient with my soon-to-be spouse,
You don't know nothin' about his house."
A splendid read and write...Thank you for posting...:)

[Natasha]

i can relate to this, my parents were extremely controlling and never let me do anything as a child and it resulted in a lot of anxiety and learning things from others and on my own when it came to me growing up and leaving home for college- things got better but i still face things from the past that never have subsided

all i can really say is that things will get better--they always do--i can see your frustration through your poem