Masked within this human shell <br />Burning in my personal hell <br /> <br />Awake again but blind inside <br />Asleep, I went, after I cried <br /> <br />Alone I wait within this scream <br />I tried to live but lost my dream <br /> <br />I needed truth but found only lies <br />My heart turned numb when my soul died <br /> <br />Tired now but cannot sleep <br />Broken again my company I keep <br /> <br />I drank within the cave of light <br />My thirst became my driving sight <br /> <br />Around me my darkness dwells <br />Silent, my voice cannot yell <br /> <br />I tried to speak but found only rage <br />I live within my gilded cage<br /><br />A.J. McKinley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-gilded-cage/
