I could show you
I could sever the binds
But do you really expect me to when
I’d be forced to dissect myself for you to analyze like an object
To slice open my skin and let you see everything pour out

All the transparent details
That really
You can look through and see me, just me
Me like you,
Me alone without the confinement

The isolation
The vast emptiness that is the cage in itself
The expanse of nothing
Leaving so much room
But nowhere to go

Exposure
To the sleek black
The talons that tear
Take me away
And all that’s left are the colors
Because that’s all I am to you

The colors
You can’t see past, the ones I have and you don’t
You look at me and you see
The things that don’t matter to my character
But to you, they are my definition

I could show you
But I’ve seen your ravens scavenge before
I’ve seen them tear at life once had
Before you knew
The intricacies that change nothing to me
But everything to you