Land of Glass

Fitted inside that glass

Scared of the wind

Barely breathing

day by day, 

it's all the same...

"why don't you quit?"

I can't they say,

"I'm here to stay."

"We are in the land of the free

so why can't we be?"

we can only be in secret

so share your secrets with me

we will find a way out of here

into the real free land

your excuses are holding you back

whats left is sad

But pity leaves soon after

it finds you don't care to live

If only I could see 

what the sky can see...

Author's Note

Reviews

[Confuser]

JELLYCAT: It is captivating..life the fragility of it..so very meloncholoy. It sounds a little like trying to live up to society's expectations (dogma)..clever and interesting. We do all keep secrets hidden and they do hurt. There is so much pain and questions...The ending is wonderful: If only I could see what the sky can see...Beautiful & Thank you very much. Dale

[Nyu]

Thank you so much :)

[Confuser]

You're welcome!!! Loved it...

[BlueRibbon]

"We are in the land of the free
so why can't we be?"

I feel like this line alone is the entire existence of this poem.

It begs us to figure out why there is so much persecution for just being ourselves, and we have to constantly conform in order to merely exist.

Very well done!

[Nyu]

Yes you perfectly understand what I was trying to convey. Thank you for bringing that line to my attention. Your kind words are very appreciated.

[BlueRibbon]

^_^ Glad to have found it! I'm trying to connect more on this site, this poem helped me believe that I should!

[Nyu]

Yeah you should. Its a fun one, with many features to it. :D

[Wolfwind]

If the image in the mirror was our complete existence and the only way to define our own steps and motions, then.... This piece is amazingly provoking.
What I liked about this was the place where the words took me. A place of introspection and musement of the day to day steps of life as I know it. The image painted the view of the sky as it carried the wind down upon the world.
I'll be honest though, I didn't feel the music choice added anything to the overall piece. In fact, at least for me, was far too caustic and took away from the deeper zen brought to life by the words and the image.

Dreamlike and deep in nutshell made of glass!
Thanks for sharing!
Wolfwind

[Nyu]

thank you so much! :)this really means a lot to me and yeah it i do this for myself so it will always be very personalized music a way to show words but try to also create atmosphere. this poem to me is expressing things that aren't stable so you understand it x) and thanks

[V. P. Trujillo]

This is very beautiful, and it makes current situations around the world come to mind.