You Got Me Feeling Trapped

And not

the have-a-heart kind

either

but a big steel bear trap

clamped down years ago

been gnawing

and licking ever since

trying to decide

if your story

is the real one

or mine

think I’m at the point

of brushing off

mannerly concerns

and appendages

formerly thought necessary

in order to save myself

so forgive me

if the next time

you visit me in confinement

you find only a rusted leghold

I will be free

scarred

but somehow stronger

#28 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center For New Americans. Today’s theme is LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.