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The inner thoughts

December 13, 2023
By 4catalano BRONZE, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
4catalano BRONZE, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Help, Help I am trapped.

I need out.

This boring brown box is nothing

compared to the luminous night sky. 


Help, Help! I can't move.

I miss my friends.

They were all flying to the warm land.

That was our mission,

I guess I was left behind.  


Help, help! I can't bear this box anymore. 

Please, I just want to fly. 

The more I stay in this box, 

the more my eyes start closing uncontrollably.


help, help!

My screams are muzzled by the cardboard. 

In an instant, I lose all ability to move. 

Seconds pass as the box visibly shrinks.

I'll be in warmer land soon.


The author's comments:

Ekphrastic poem 

On Aleta Rossi Steward’s Disintegration, 2020


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