Unravel me

Muse of Calliope

A panoply, a zoo, an entire ecosystem imprisoned until you.

 

Let the lion roar

Let the birds soar

Let the horses gallop across the fields

Let go the guards and all the shields

Let the walls of Jericho fall down 

When the music and shouts surround-

 

Let the caged bird fly free

Because you unravel me.

 

Sometimes I feel toxic

A whole storm of emotions, I'm chaotic

Mixed feelings, I keep them in a bag

I hide what's inside 'cause it's just sad.

 

The eyes are the window to the soul, mine are more open than most

I find it hard to look you straight in the eyes

Look more closely and you'll realize

I'm not whole.

 

I'm only half a person

Had an illness that lobotomized my brain

After that I was never the same

And I'm still hurtin'

Still finding my purpose,

Is life worth it?

I don't deserve this

 

Thoughts and memories get twisted in my mind

All the anxieties wait for me in line

I lock up my true feelings, shove them on the shelf,

But they keep on getting out somehow, what the hell

 

An entire ecosystem lives inside this shell

I keep waiting to let it out as soon as I get well

 

First, a hummingbird, gentle as a flower,

wings humming like little heartbeats many times an hour

Second, a newborn foal, kicking and running all around, so droll

Third, a lioness, full of mischief and defiance-

 

And all the hungry contrasting desires

Some full of life, some funeral pyres

Become weak and emaciated

When I don't let them speak;

So under-appreciated

 

It's a panoply, a zoo, 

an entire ecosystem imprisoned until you

 

So let the lion roar,

and let the birds soar,

and let the horses gallop across the fields

Let go the guards and shields!

 

I'm scared of vulnerability

But let the caged bird fly free

Because you unravel me.

 

There's a riddle in these rhymes

Can you read between the lines?

vulnerability.

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    A most interesting read a menagerie of animals all to be freed. Are these elements of us that we need to free? A wonderful puzzle.

    • Muse of Calliope

      Thank you! I like the idea of every person containing an inner landscape that can be symbolized with different aspects of nature; the first sentence in your comment also rhymes which is cool 😎

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      A wonderful read filled with animals galore. This fine piece, my friend, is a magical riddle (vulnerable as I was trying to figure it out 😉🙃) and it is one heck of a write. An immediate fave. 🌹👏

      • Muse of Calliope

        Thank you very much! 😁 I wanted to leave it open-ended for the reader to decide but one interpretation could be the lion representing darker/toxic traits, the other animals representing more gentle and innocent emotions, but it all festers when we lock them up inside, like animals sometimes do in captivity 🦁 🐴 🦅

        • Tristan Robert Lange

          Indeed! You are most welcome.



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