CAPTIVE

My heart is racing, my lungs collide,

The air feels like rock, hard ice.

My eyes do water, my lips are dry,

Oh when will the sunrise?

I had a thought of wrecking bones,

My body shakes upon the floor.

The blaring blasts of bombs collide,

But silence is heard from miles and miles.

A bright white light peeks in at me,

Could it be? Have they set me free?

This darkness has swallowed my every move,

I am lost in limbo among the souls.

The light was nothing but a despair,

The hallow screams soon filled the air.

Dragging my would-be corpse across the dust,

I am done, finished, what's lost is lost.

I could feel the whip across my back,

Slashing my skin, my veins and heart.

It feels like a knife with a million thorns,

Piercing my flesh and my bones. 

I have somehow survived,

I am somehow alive,

But voices whisper,

Soon i will die.

The darkness engulfs my soul again,

Leaving my helpless, scared, in pain.

Whips, chains, maces, guns,

Have all tasted my flesh more than once. 

I am scorched, I am burnt

As the morning comes in

My heart has hope 

As I slowly forget the pain.

I can feel wet ground

I can hear soft tones

I feel I'm afloat

I feel like I'm no more.

But what pain I suffered is now forgone,

What darkness held I now let go,

I am free, I have been saved from it all,

I am no longer a captive forever more.

Reviews

[Lexi Richard]

From the first stanza I fell in love with your writing style. Great language and imagery. Really interesting poem overall, too.

[Seraph]

Thank you very much ^_^