TRAPPED

by Theresa Lovelace

It overpowers me

I can’t defeat it

I’m trapped in its billowy embrace

It has its hold on me

I can’t shake loose

I confer with the sun at day

Cry out to the moon at night

Desperate for a way

To conquer this

I am happy yet sad

I’m in ecstasy

I’m in pain

I’m excited yet afraid
Beguiled and bewildered

There’s a storm raging inside

It cannot be quelled

I can’t escape

It overpowers me

I’m trapped.