Animalistic

Words among words
thoughts among thoughts
I have heard them all, screamed at me
through the bars of my self placed cell

Unfamiliar eyes watch me as I
Lash out at them, animalistic and out
of control

Quiet echoes of laughter and
defining whispers beat down on me.
Exhausting me, I only wish for silence.

“They know nothing.” I think, “They know nothing
about me. They have no right to laugh.

But they always do. They never
stop. So I stay in my corner, of my
self made cage. Wishing for the quiet
that might set me free.