Imprisoned Voice

by Baby Rainbow   Nov 2, 2013


My voice became lost
because I was never allowed to speak
without your permission.
Everything I said was always wrong,
so I learned to bury my voice
in a place so deep inside that
no one could ever find it.

Maybe I locked it up because
I wanted to protect at least
one part of me, one part of
me that you couldn't take away.
But my voice is like a wrongly-
convicted prisoner who is suddenly
released from his cell.

It has been hidden for so long now
that being locked up feels more secure
than being released outside.

Maybe my voice was never meant
to be heard, and instead it should
serve out the rest of it's sentence
being locked up inside.

Saffie
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8/10/13

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  • 10 years ago

    by Midnight Sky

    Sadness flows through this i was really moved when reading it i saw emotion i love your poetry you not ashamed to put what you are thinking down sadness i am honor to read your stuff it makes me smile or in this case cry salfie you are good peace&love midnight sky

  • 11 years ago

    by Redangelwings

    First- this is a very sad start saffie. But I think I understand what you mean. Your voice is always weakened from the hurt you get so you have had or did have a hard time speaking up for yourself. I like how you said bury your voice too. When you bury something no one can hear it. So when you "buried" your voice no one could hear it. But inside you were screaming for help maybe. It's very difficult to believe everything you say is wrong too.

    Second- I love the wording in this stanza. This person hurt you so much that they took every part of you. I agree your voice is always apart of you no matter what. Though I get the prisoner part. You did nothing wrong at all and still yoi couldn't say anything so your voice was trapped in its own "prison". Though a voice can be more than speaking. You can write your voice and say everything you want to. Like you did here.

    Third/end- The third stanza is very sad though. Although I get again what you mean. You haven't used or didn't use your voice for so long that you became comfortable with that. Though it must have been very difficult for you. Everyones voice is meant to be heard in someway. Though I think what you are saying here that your voice doesn't matter what all because no onewants to hear it and tthat's not true at all. Even if it's just in poetry your voice matters to a lot of people. Xx