My Life Path

My life path is now clearly restricted by the viewpoints of those who can not see.
I consider those around me and the harm my needs will cause them is not fair.
Should I laugh, smile; maybe a dance will suffice?
It is completely unwanted, unwarranted from a self perspective.

I am sitting here just barely coping with the beating my heart is taking.
I make the tears role backward; inward where it can not be seen.
For my sadness initiate undue guilt in the woman I love.
How can I allow her to suffer; for something that never stood a chance.

My heart is blindfolded now; I will have to discount sparks from my needs.
I yearn for that which I may not; that which should not have been, but has.
I stare ahead seeing the life I will now have to lead, restrained by my cage.
People do not understand concepts clearly and I pay the penalty for it.

I am furious and feel that I have been short-handed, but that is just me.
I have fallen back in a trend of loneliness, my heart left with one more scar.
I wish to cry and through things around; cursing and swearing.
How dare these narrow minds, captivate my soul; and call it fair.

Oh no… things aren’t so great for me; or do you expect me to lie?
I am done and have a bandage around my heart; a band-aid on my soul.
What is it with humans and the need to captivate wild things?
It is cruel towards me, but I have the assurance that you’ll sleep tonight.

Would it be wrong for me to brake out of these chains, because I can you know?
I have always had the strength to release me from the things that bind me.
But; I have a heart and know how much disruption it would cause.
Am I alone to carry this burden… clearly, yes!
By : Thys Groesbeek