Trapped by Alaina M. Coyle

I am trapped inside a nightmare I cannot wake up from
A past that can’t be rewritten or mistakes undone
No matter what I do or how hard I try and fight
My regrets wrap themselves around me every night

This pain surrounds me like an iron cage
I weep and I scream and I fill with rage
A helpless feeling keeps coming over me
As I search in vain for a way to be free

I cannot escape although I try
From this life I am living and do not know why
How did I get caught up with all of these things
This bird will never fly with clipped wings

None of the reasons I am here make sense
I run and I run but face an unending fence
Finally I lose my breath and fall to the ground
Curl up in a ball and wait to be found

This is a poem of rhyming couplets, with a set rhythm and meter. It ties in quite obviously with my theme as it speaks about being trapped in regrets, and talks about how she "fell into this snare." She uses a lot of similes, metaphors, personification and adverbs that describe the way she acts and feels in a very realistic manner. I like this poem because of the many ways it uses to describe how it feels to be trapped, and is relatable to all readers. Everyone has made mistakes, or has regrets that they cannot seem to forget or shake off and although they may not evoke emotions to this degree, we still understand how she is feeling. Even though this is written by an unknown poet, I feel as if she has portrayed her feelings in a very real and very resonant way, that causes the reader to emote along with her. This is a very good poem.