Fluttering in futility
Trapped behind massive window panes
Unable to understand how or why
Formidable shields
Invisible and all-constraining
Slowly taxing all energy
Squeezing out all life
With passive tenacity
Silent screams for help
Tormenting that goes unheard
Silent desperation
Fluttering-heart-of-futility
Flashshots of slow motion
Only the attentive friend
Can see the silent cry
She cups both hands together
Gently with her thoughts
Transporting my heart to liberty
Away from my tormentor
Those self-protective layers
That impose atrophy and death
