Isolate

Isolation

no way to advance

a bus never leaving the station

no second chance

dead end room with no windows or light

a dark gloom filled excavation site

where you trawl through the rubble strewn through the mind

trying to piece together the fragments of memories left buried behind

Isolated in solitary confinement

the place I hide, frightened

by the dazzling lights

chains unlocked, but I’m too scared to make flight

isolation

an insane brain left to its own frustration

or a man left angered by the inane thoughts of his nation

Isolate, contain, hold in place, don’t pass go

just stay where you are, don’t leave, outside is filled with woe

am I on a going the wrong way on a motorway?

headlong into lanes of traffic, hurtling towards catastrophe

was it once written of in a prophecy?

or told of in tea leaves in a bone china cup

if I leave, my emotions stir, and it feels like I’m in a pileup

Isolation, my only escape - open the doors wide, take a step outside

I walked out on my agoraphobic side

with a wave I smile and walk into the sunlight

I gave up on pride, I left it leading a life of hiding in plain sight

learned to like my misaligned edges

not too scared to ask for help when life doesn’t feel right

or I’m overcome by its stresses

Still the four walls can be clingy, they sometimes hold onto me

but with friends and family, a life to lead and the world to see

the walls can’t contain, they don’t isolate

they don’t have the power to lock me in

or detain me as an inmate

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.